Synthesis of selenocysteine peptides and their oxidation to diselenide-bridged compounds

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 442-453

  Besse, Dörthe ^a   Moroder, Luis ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformation; Diselenide bridge; Redox potential; Selenide sulphide bridge; Selenocysteine

Indexed keywords

ORGANOSELENIUM DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE; SELENOCYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SYNTHESIS;

ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SELENOCYSTEINE;

EID: 0031265707     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1387(199711)3:6<442::aid-psc122>3.0.co;2-2     Document Type: Article

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