189302-40-7

Off-white powder

ChEBI: Nomega-hydroxy-nor-l-arginine is a L-alpha-amino acid.

A potent, selective, competitive, and high affinity inhibitor of arginase. Shown to inhibit arginase from rat liver (IC₅₀ = 2 μM) and mouse macrophages (IC₅₀ = 50 μM). Shown to specifically interact with the manganese-cluster of the enzyme active site. Does not function as a substrate or as an inhibitor for NOS. Hence, nor-NOHA may be a useful tool to study the interplays between arginase and NOS.

Primary Targetarginase from rat liver