Investigations of in vivo methionine racemization in mammalian tissues

Boehm, M.F.; Bada, J.L.

Biochemistry International 8(5): 603-608

1984


ISSN/ISBN: 0158-5231
PMID: 6477622
Document Number: 222053
The racemization rate of methionine at pH 7.4 and 100 degrees C was determined to be similar to that of aspartic acid. However, analyses of dentin and ocular lens nucleus samples from known age Rhesus monkeys showed that unlike aspartic acid, methionine does not undergo in vivo racemization in mammalian proteins.

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