A potential use for phenylisothiocyanate (PITC), the most popular Edman reagent, is presented for analysis of the amino acid sequence and configuration in peptides containing oiL-amino acids. After derivatization with PITC of the A'-terminal amino acid (L-TY~) of an enkephalin analogue, [D-Ala', o-L
Amino acid sequence and D/L-configuration determination methods for D-amino acid-containing peptides in living organisms
β Scribed by Takayuki Iida; Tomofumi Santa; Akira Toriba; Kazuhiro Imai
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 124 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0269-3879
- DOI
- 10.1002/bmc.80
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