| Stereochemistry | ABSOLUTE |
| Molecular Formula | C3H7NO2 |
| Molecular Weight | 89.0932 |
| Optical Activity | UNSPECIFIED |
| Defined Stereocenters | 1 / 1 |
| E/Z Centers | 0 |
| Charge | 0 |
SHOW SMILES / InChI
SMILES
C[C@@H](N)C(O)=O
InChI
InChIKey=QNAYBMKLOCPYGJ-UWTATZPHSA-N
InChI=1S/C3H7NO2/c1-2(4)3(5)6/h2H,4H2,1H3,(H,5,6)/t2-/m1/s1
| Molecular Formula | C3H7NO2 |
| Molecular Weight | 89.0932 |
| Charge | 0 |
| Count |
MOL RATIO
1 MOL RATIO (average) |
| Stereochemistry | ABSOLUTE |
| Additional Stereochemistry | No |
| Defined Stereocenters | 1 / 1 |
| E/Z Centers | 0 |
| Optical Activity | UNSPECIFIED |
D-alanine is an isomer of non-essential L-amino acid. D isomer is found in the cell walls of bacteria, but not in bacterial proteins. It was discovered, that being an endogenous agonist of the glycine site of the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, D-alanine can have beneficial effects on schizophrenia.
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It was studied the effect of D-alanine (10 mM), D-leucine (10 mM), D-methionine (10 mM), D-tryptophan (10 mM), and D-tyrosine (10 uM and 1 mM) on biofilm formation in two commonly studied laboratory strains of P. aeruginosa: PAO1 and PA14. In strains PAO1 and PA14, the addition of D-amino acids did not result in an inhibitory effect on biofilm growth in 24-well plates. Repeating the study in 96-well plates confirmed the findings that D-amino acids do not inhibit biofilm formation of P. aeruginosa. It was concluded that D-amino acids only slow the production of biofilms rather than completely prevent biofilm formation.