ISSN:
1438-2199
Keywords:
Amino acids
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Human urine
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Paper electrophoresis
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Cysteine
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Imidazole compound
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary A compound, which had the same mobility on a high-voltage paper electrophoretogram and the sameR F value on a thin-layer chromatogram as those ofS-[2-carboxy-1-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)ethyl]cysteine (I), was partially purified from human urine by ion-exchange column chromatography. The compound gave a signal at m/z 260 on its FAB mass spectrum, which was assigned as MH+ of compound I. These results suggest that the urinary compound is compound I and it is a physiological precursor of 3-[(carboxymethyl)thio]-3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)propanoic acid [Kinuta et al., (1991) Biochem J 275: 617–621].
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00806924
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