lhomoserine lactone (hydrochloride)

L-Homoserine lactone is a synthetic intermediate.1,2It has been used in the synthesis of organoselenium chemistry intermediates and analogs of bacterial quorum-sensing signaling molecules. 1.Koch, T., and Buchardt, O.Synthesis of L-(+)-selenomethionineSynthesis1065-1067(1993) 2.Chhabra, S.R., Harty, C., Hooi, D.S.W., et al.Synthetic analogues of the bacterial signal (quorum seensing) molecule N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone as immune modulatorsJ. Med. Chem.46(1)97-104(2003)

D-homoserine lactone is an enantiomer of L-homoserine lactone and an inhibitor of serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT; Ki= 11 mM for the rabbit enzyme).1 1.Wang, E.A., Kallen, R., and Walsh, C.Mechanism-based inactivation of serine transhydroxymethylases by D-fluoroalanine and related amino acidsJ. Biol. Chem.256(13)6917-6926(1981)