Estimation of cystine plus cysteine in proteins by the disulfide interchange reaction.

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  • A N GLAZER
  • E L SMITH
چکیده

The interchange reaction between disulfides in concentrated acid solutions was demonstrated by Sanger (I) in 1953 with model compounds. Ryle and Sanger (2) later studied the formation of mono-dinitrophenyl cystine peptides in the reaction between insulin and di-DNP-cystinel in order to estimate the rate and extent of the interchange reaction. The disulfide interchange reaction was studied from the standpoint of mechanism by Benesch and Benesch (3). They concluded that the mechanism could be represented by the following scheme:

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of biological chemistry

دوره 236  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1961