β-Scission of C-3 (β-Carbon) alkoxyl radicals on peptides and proteins: A novel pathway which results in the formation of α-carbon radicals and the loss of amino acid side chains

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1087-1095

  Headlam, H A ^a   Mortimer, A ^b   Easton, C J ^b   Davies, M J ^a  

^a HEART RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROPEROXIDE; KETONE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RADICAL;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CROSS LINKING; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTAGENICITY; OXIDATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ALCOHOLS; AMINO ACIDS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FORMALDEHYDE; FREE RADICALS; GAMMA RAYS; NITRATES; OXYGEN; PEPTIDES; PEROXIDES; PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033712060     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx0001171     Document Type: Article

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