Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 17:03:06 -0600
Message-Id: <199701072303.RAA06159@wugate.wustl.edu>
From: ggrant@pharmdec.wustl.edu (Gregory Grant)
Subject: beta alanine
To: Recipients of ABRF List <abrf@aecom.yu.edu>
Laurie,
Is beta-alanine (NH2-CH2-CH2-COOH) what you mean to say? This will
not be cleaved during the Edman sequencing because of the extra methylene
group between the amino and carboxyl, and will result in the cessation of
the sequencing.
Greg Grant
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology
St. Louis, Mo 63110
314-362-3367
FAX 314-362-4698
ggrant@pharmdec.wustl.edu