| Literature DB >> 3759344 |
Y C Meinwald, E R Stimson, H A Scheraga.
Abstract
The deamidation of Ac-Asn-Gly-NHMe and Ac-Isn-Gly-NHMe has been studied as a model for the facile deamidation of the Asn-Gly sequence in proteins. At alkaline pH, the product in each case is an identical mixture of Ac-alpha-Asp-Gly-NHMe (approximately 22%) and Ac-beta-Asp-Gly-NHMe (approximately 78%) as determined by n.m.r. spectroscopy. Because this same ratio is obtained from both Ac-Asn-Gly-NHMe and Ac-Isn-Gly-NHMe, the postulated mechanism, that deamidation proceeds through a cyclic imide intermediate, is confirmed. Unlike peptides of aspartyl esters, cyclization does not occur under nonaqueous conditions or at low pH in aqueous solution.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 3759344 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1986.tb03231.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Pept Protein Res ISSN: 0367-8377