Product name:DL-Glutamic Acid
CAS:617-65-2
Molecular Formula:C5H9NO4
Formula Weight:147.13g/mol
Description:L-glutamic acid is active as an inducer of the sexual form only in populations grown in the light. The site of action of L-glutamic acid and its biochemical role in the sexual response are unknown.It is produced by V. capensis as a natural product of the digestion of the glycoproteinaceous parental matrix at the time young spheroids escape. As a population increases, so does the level of L-glutamic acid produced at each succeeding generation until the threshold of sensitivity is reached and the induction of sexual forms is effected. This serves as a mechanism for ensuring the production of sexual spheroids and their zygotes, the only phase in the life cycle resistant to drying. Thus, Volvox is especially adapted to an existence in ephemeral pools of water resulting from seasonal rains.