Achatin-I is a tetrapeptide containing a D-amino acid and was isolated from the cerebral ganglia of the African giant snail Achatina fulica Ferussac. It may have a role as a neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, as it induced a voltage-dependent inward current due to Na + on the identifiab
Studies on cyclic peptides. I. Cyclodisarcosyl–metal salts complexes
✍ Scribed by Toshiharu Sugihara; Yukio Imanishi; Toshinobu Higashimura
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 428 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-3525
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The complexes of cyclodisarcosyl (N,N′‐dimethyldiketopiperazine) have been synthesized with copper perchlorate, lithium perchlorate, barium perchlorate, silver perchlorate, silver nitrate, and boron trifluoride. It has been shown by infrared absorption spectra that the metal cations coordinate to carbonyl groups of the peptide to form insoluble complexes. It has been suggested that the complexation takes place by ion–dipole interaction. Since a linear analog of the peptide formed no insoluble complex with the metal salts, conformation of cyclodisarcosyl seems to play an important role in the complex formation. Examination of the molecular model and X‐ray analysis suggest that the copper perchlorate complex of the cyclic peptide has a “2:1‐sandwich” structure.
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