Kinetic study of racemization of aspartyl residues in synthetic elastin peptides

Amino Acids

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-197

  Kuge, K ^a   Fujii, N ^a   Miura, Y ^b   Tajima, S ^b   Saito, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; D Aspartic acid; Elastin; Kinetics; Racemization; Racemization rate constant; Skin

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ELASTIN; PEPTIDE;

AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; EXON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RACEMIZATION;

AGING; AMINO ACIDS; ASPARTIC ACID; ELASTIN; EXONS; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; PEPTIDES; SKIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 8644223952     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-004-0107-3     Document Type: Article

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