scholarly journals Studies on sequencing of peptides from the carboxyl terminus by using the thiocyanate method

1976 ◽  
Vol 157 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Rangarajan ◽  
A Darbre

We report on our experience in applying the thiocyanate method developed by Stark (1968) (Biochemistry 7, 1796-1807) to the sequencing of short peptides from the carboxyl end in free solution. Yields fell to very low levels after three cycles of degradation. The method was time-consuming because of the filtration and freeze-drying stages involved. To overcome these problems, peptides were attached to modified polystyrene polymers for sequential degradation in the solid phase, and a maximum of six amino acids was determined. Also, ribonuclease was attached to active-ester glass beads and sequential degradation was carried out to determine six amino acids at the C-terminal end of this protein.

1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 2136-2139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivo Bláha ◽  
Viktor Krchňák ◽  
Milan Zaoral

p-Toluenesulfonyl-S-benzylcysteinyl-tyrosyl-phenylalanyl-glutaminyl-asparaginyl-S-benzylcysteinyl-NG-p-toluenesulfanylarginyl-prolyl-glycineamide (I) and S-benzylcysteinyl-tyrosyl-isoleucyl-glutaminyl-asparaginyl-S-benzylcysteinyl-leucyl-prolyl-glycine amide (III) were prepared by solid phase synthesis. After removal of the protecting groups, closure of the disulfide ring, and purification by continuous free-flow electrophoresis [arginine7, proline8]vasopressin (II) and [leucine7, proline8]oxytocin (IV) were obtained. The antidiuretic effect of II is markedly higher than its pressor effect; IV possesses c. 6% of the uterotonic and c. 10% of the galactogogous effect of oxytocin.


1988 ◽  
Vol 53 (11) ◽  
pp. 2914-2919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierrette Maes ◽  
Annie Ricouart ◽  
Emmanuel Escher ◽  
André Tartar ◽  
Christian Sergheraert

Analogs of angiotensin II in which phenylalanine in position 8 was replaced with cymantrenylalanine or with its triphenylphosphine photosubstitution product were synthesized by the solid-phase method. On rabbit aorta strips, these peptides were found to be pure antagonists of angiotensin II. Their relative affinities are higher than most other analogs substituted in position 8 with bulky amino-acids.


1995 ◽  
Vol 60 (12) ◽  
pp. 2170-2177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zdenko Procházka ◽  
Jiřina Slaninová
Keyword(s):  

Solid phase technique on p-methylbenzhydrylamine resin was used for the synthesis of four analogs of oxytocin and four analogs of vasopressin with the non-coded amino acids L- or D- and 1- or 2-naphthylalanine and D-homoarginine. [L-1-Nal2]oxytocin, [D-1-Nal2]oxytocin, [L-2-Nal2]oxytocin, [D-2-Nal2]oxytocin, [L-1-Nal2, D-Har8]vasopressin, [D-1-Nal2, D-Har8]vasopressin, [L-2-Nal2, D-Har8]vasopressin and [D-2-Nal2, D-Har8]vasopressin were synthesized. All eight analogs were found to be uterotonic inhibitors in vitro and in vivo. Analogs with 2-naphthylalanine are stronger inhibitors, particularly in the vasopressin series than the analogs with 1-naphthylalanine. Analogs with 1-naphthylalanine have no activity in the pressor test, analogs with 2-naphthylalanine are weak pressor inhibitors.


Toxics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Tobias Hartwig Bünning ◽  
Jennifer Susanne Strehse ◽  
Ann Christin Hollmann ◽  
Tom Bötticher ◽  
Edmund Maser

To determine the amount of the explosives 1,3-dinitrobenzene, 2,4-dinitrotoluene, 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, and its metabolites in marine samples, a toolbox of methods was developed to enhance sample preparation and analysis of various types of marine samples, such as water, sediment, and different kinds of biota. To achieve this, established methods were adapted, improved, and combined. As a result, if explosive concentrations in sediment or mussel samples are greater than 10 ng per g, direct extraction allows for time-saving sample preparation; if concentrations are below 10 ng per g, techniques such as freeze-drying, ultrasonic, and solid-phase extraction can help to detect even picogram amounts. Two different GC-MS/MS methods were developed to enable the detection of these explosives in femtogram per microliter. With a splitless injector, limits of detection (LODs) between 77 and 333 fg/µL could be achieved in only 6.25 min. With the 5 µL programmable temperature vaporization—large volume method (PTV-LVI), LODs between 8 and 47 fg/µL could be achieved in less than 7 min. The detection limits achieved by these methods are among the lowest published to date. Their reliability has been tested and confirmed by measuring large and diverse sample sets.


ChemInform ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. WANG ◽  
S. T. CHEN ◽  
K. T. WANG ◽  
R. B. MERRIFIELD

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