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Methods to Identify the NMR Resonances of the 13C-Dimethyl N-terminal Amine on Reductively Methylated Proteins
Published on: December 12, 2013
[Donors and receptors of biologically labile methyl groups: characterization with a nicotinamide-trigonelline system]
Acta Vitaminologica Et Enzymologica
|January 1, 1984
Abstract:
The problem of transmethylations, the genesis of the labile methyl groups, the chemical structure of a transmethylating active substance are briefly explained and discussed. A methodology to characterize quickly the substances donor and acceptor of methyl groups is here described: it utilizes the ox crystalline lens in the presence of nicotinamide. The methodology is based on the irreversible system nicotinamide-trigonellinamide, by means of the vitamin B1 as catalyst.
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