Product Description: Isocaproaldehyde is a product of side-chain cleavage of cholesterol. Isocaproaldehyde is an endogenous specific substrate of mouse vas deferens protein (MVDP)[1][2].
Applications: Metabolism-protein/nucleotide metabolism
Formula: C6H12O
References: [1]Matsuura K, et al. Aldose reductase is a major reductase for isocaproaldehyde, a product of side-chain cleavage of cholesterol, in human and animal adrenal glands. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1996 Apr 15;328(2):265-71. /[2]Lefrançois-Martinez AM, et al. Product of side-chain cleavage of cholesterol, isocaproaldehyde, is an endogenous specific substrate of mouse vas deferens protein, an aldose reductase-like protein in adrenocortical cells. J Biol Chem. 1999 Nov 12;274(46):32875-80.
CAS Number: 1119-16-0
Molecular Weight: 100.16
Research Area: Metabolic Disease
Solubility: 10 mM in DMSO
Target: Others