Glycerol 2-phosphate


Glycerol 2-phosphate is a phosphoric ester of glycerol. It is more commonly known as β-glycerophosphate or BGP.

Applications

β-Glycerophosphate is a classical serine-threonine phosphatase inhibitor. It is often used in combination with other phosphatase/protease inhibitors for broad spectrum inhibition.
β-Glycerophosphate is also used to drive osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow stem cells in vitro.
β-Glycerophosphate is used to buffer M17 media for Lactococcus culture in recombinant protein expression.