Chemical Properties
mp 251-252°C
Uses
n-Dodecylphosphocholine (unlabelled) (CAS# 29557-51-5) is a useful research compound. This compound can be used to produce large amounts of function membrane of the protein, hERG.
Definition
ChEBI: Dodecylphosphocholine is a phosphocholine that is the monododecyl ester of phosphocholine It has a role as a detergent.
Biological Activity
MAPCHOTM-12 or n-dodecylphosphocholine in combination with 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) is used for membrane-mimetic bicelle system for orientation based studies in membrane proteins. It provides a zwitterionic surface in the membrane micelle structure.
