Re: AAA

L. Ericsson (ericsson@u.washington.edu)
Tue, 10 Feb 1998 14:51:39 -0800 (PST)

Reference:
"Interconversion of Methionine and Methionine Sulfoxide" Walter E. Savige
and Angelo Fontana, Methods in Enzymology Vol XLVII pg 453-459 (1977!)

Also check journal publications from Fontana's lab.

Note: "Both methionine and the sulfoxide are stable to hydrolysis in
evaculated sealed tubes with hot 3 N p-toluenesulfonic acid" -Fontana

-Lowell H. Ericsson, Dept. of Biochemistry, U. of Washington, Seattle, WA

On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Lawrence J. Dangott wrote:

> Does anyone have experience in analyzing for methionine sulfoxide? I seem
> to recall that we should use alkaline hydrolysis as the methionine
> sulfoxide will be converted to methione in acid. Any experience or
> protocols for this method you can share? We are using precolumn FMOC/OPA
> derivatization and would appreciate any information before we dive in.
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> Thanks,
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> Larry Dangott
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> Larry Dangott, Ph.D.
> Protein Chemistry Laboratory
> Texas A&M University
> College Station, TX 77843-3255
> (409) 845-2965
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