Protein Crosslinking pp 177-186 | Cite as
35S-Sulfide Incorporation During Alkaline Treatment of Keratin and its Relation to Lanthionine Formation
Abstract
Cattle hair exposed to solutions of 35S-sulfide ions at pH 12.5, hydrolyzed with acid, and analyzed for amino acids with simultaneous measurement of the radioactivity of the eluate from the analytical column showed 87 percent of the radioactivity incorporated in the hair in three amino acids: cysteic acid, lanthionine, and cystine. This and other evidence presented lend further support to the intermediacy of dehydroalanyl residues formed by a β-elimination reaction in the conversion of cystinyl residues to lanthionyl residues in proteins. The presence of radioactively labelled cystine in the hydrolyzate indicates that the dehydroalanyl residues are also capable of reforming cystinyl residues under these same conditions through a series of reversible reactions.
Keywords
Hydrochloric Acid Solution Alkaline Treatment Calcium Hydroxide Sodium Sulfide Elimination ReactionPreview
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