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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4849
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-5-11
pubmed:abstractText
The protein deamidation process involves the conversion of the amide side-chain moieties of asparagine and glutamine residues to carboxyl groups. This conversion is an unusual form of protein modification in that it requires catalysis by an intramolecular reaction where both the substrate (asparagine and glutamine side chains) and "catalytic site" (the peptide nitrogen of the succeeding residue) are constituents of several consecutive residues along the polypeptide chain. The stereochemical factors governing this process were studied with a data base derived from the neutron crystallographic structure of trypsin from which amide groups and oxygen can be unambiguously differentiated because of their different neutron scattering properties. The neutron structure allowed for the direct determination of those residues that were deamidated; 3 of 13 asparagine residues were found to be modified. These modified residues were clearly distinguished by a distinct local conformation and hydrogen-bonding structure in contrast to those observed for the other asparagine residues. No correlation was found between preference to deamidate and the chemical character of residues flanking the site, as had been proposed from previous peptide studies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
240
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
191-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-3-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Tertiary structure is a principal determinant to protein deamidation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco 94143.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article