Cyanocysteine-mediated molecular dissection of dihydrofolate reductase: Occurrence of intra- and inter-molecular reactions forming a peptide bond

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1137-1144

  Takenawa, Tatsuyuki ^a   Oda, Yoshiya ^b   Ishihama, Yasushi ^b   Iwakura, Masahiro ^a  

^a NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

^b EISAI CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanocysteine; Dihydrofolate reductase; Mass spectrometry; Molecular dissection; Peptide bond

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; LACTAM DERIVATIVE; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; NITRILE; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

EID: 0031799735     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022053     Document Type: Article

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