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ISOLATION AND STRUCTURE OF A NEW SULPHUR-CONTAINING AMINOACID FROM SEA URCHIN EGGS
Palumbo, Anna,d'Ischia, Marco,Misuraca, Giovanna,Prota, Giuseppe
, p. 3207 - 3208 (1982)
Unfertilized sea urchin eggs (Paracentrotus lividus) contain, in addition to glutathione, a new low molecular weight thiol, 1-methyl-5-thiol-L-histidine (l) which was isolated and characterized as the disulphide 2 by spectral and chemical evidence.
Immunomodulatory peptides
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, (2014/12/12)
The invention relates to peptides derivatized with a hydrophilic polymer which, in some embodiments, bind to human FcRn and inhibit binding of the Fc portion of an IgG to an FcRn, thereby modulating serum IgG levels. The disclosed compositions and methods may be used in some embodiments, for example, in treating autoimmune diseases and inflammatory disorders. The invention also relates, in further embodiments, to methods of using and methods of making the peptides of the invention.
Metal ion - biomolecule interactions. Part 14. Methylmercury and hydrogen ion catalysis of C(2)-H isotopic exchange in 1-methylhistidine
Buncel, Erwin,Joly, Helen A.,Yee, Diane C.
, p. 1426 - 1439 (2007/10/02)
The rate constants for detritiation from the C(2) position of 1-methyl-histidine have been determined in a series of aqueous buffers at 85 deg C.The resulting sigmoidal rate - pH profile was indicative of a mechanism involving hydroxide ion attack on the N(3)-protonated (4) and the amino protonated (5) forms of 1-methylhistidine, and dissection of the kinetic data allowed the extraction of the second-order rate constants for the two pathways, k and k'.The unusually large value of k' for a species not protonated at N(3) of the imidazole ring suggested the involvement of a kinetically eqiuvalent zwitterionic form of the substrate (7).Comparison of the rate constant k with values determined previously for closely related substrates, such as histidine, 1-methylimidazole, and imidazole, led to the use of FMO theory to explain the effect of the various structural changes, e.g., the effect of methylation and a positively charged side chain on k and k'.The addition of MeHgNO3 resulted in a decrease in the pseudo-first-order rate constant for detritiation.The rate retardation was discussed in terms of two mechanisms (Schemes 2 and 3).Analysis of the data in terms of the various metal-ion-coordinated species present under the experimental conditions showed that the reactivity of the protonated substrate greatly exceeds that of the metal-coordinated species.The difference in the catalytic ability of H(1+) vs.MeHg(1+) is discussed in terms of the extent of positive charge developed on the ligating heteroatom in the ylide (carbenoid) reaction intermediate. Keywordws: methylmercury; 1-methylhistidine; isotopic exchange; proton transfer; metal ion catalysis.