Benzoyl-DL-methionine
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Benzoyl-DL-methionine

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Category
DL-Amino Acids
Catalog number
BAT-003576
CAS number
4703-38-2
Molecular Formula
C12H15NO3S
Molecular Weight
253.30
Benzoyl-DL-methionine
IUPAC Name
2-benzamido-4-methylsulfanylbutanoic acid
Synonyms
Bz-DL-Met-OH; 2-Benzamido-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid
Appearance
White crystals
Purity
≥ 99% (TLC)
Density
1.2516 g/cm3(rough estimate)
Melting Point
152 °C
Storage
Store at 2-8 °C
InChI
InChI=1S/C12H15NO3S/c1-17-8-7-10(12(15)16)13-11(14)9-5-3-2-4-6-9/h2-6,10H,7-8H2,1H3,(H,13,14)(H,15,16)
InChI Key
PPFRJEXUPZWQPI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Canonical SMILES
CSCCC(C(=O)O)NC(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1
1. Isolation and characterization of papaya peptidase A from commercial chymopapain
G W Robinson Biochemistry. 1975 Aug 12;14(16):3695-700. doi: 10.1021/bi00687a028.
Chromatography on a column of SP-Sephadex shows that commercial chymopapain contains three components with proteolytic activity. Each behaves as a single protein upon rechromatography and electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gels. The major component, which represents 31% of the activity applied to the column and is the most basic protein, was identified as papaya peptidase A. This enzyme has no methionine and isoleucine on its N-terminus. Its molecular weight is about 24,000 as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide electrophoresis and sedimentation equilibrium centrifugation. Its fluorescence emission as a function of pH resembles that for unactivated papain. Reduction is required for full activity, and in general it is less active than papain against substrates such as casein, N-benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester, N-tosyl-L-arginine methyl ester, N-benzoyl-L-arginineamide, and N-benzoyl-DL-arginine p-nitroanilide. Of the other components isolated from crude chymopapain, the more acidic enzyme contains 20% of the activity applied to the column, has a molecular weight of about 25,000, and N-terminal residues of tyrosine and glutamic acid. The other enzyme represents 26% of the initial activity, has a molecular weight of about 28,000 and tyrosine on its N-terminus. Both proteins have a single residue of methionine per molecule. The more acidic component resembles chymopapain A, and the other enzyme is similar to chymopapain B.
2. Generating singlet oxygen bubbles: a new mechanism for gas-liquid oxidations in water
Dorota Bartusik, David Aebisher, BiBi Ghafari, Alan M Lyons, Alexander Greer Langmuir. 2012 Feb 7;28(5):3053-60. doi: 10.1021/la204583v. Epub 2012 Jan 20.
Laser-coupled microphotoreactors were developed to bubble singlet oxygen [(1)O(2) ((1)Δ(g))] into an aqueous solution containing an oxidizable compound. The reactors consisted of custom-modified SMA fiberoptic receptacles loaded with 150 μm silicon phthalocyanine glass sensitizer particles, where the particles were isolated from direct contact with water by a membrane adhesively bonded to the bottom of each device. A tube fed O(2) gas to the reactor chambers. In the presence of O(2), singlet oxygen was generated by illuminating the sensitizer particles with 669 nm light from an optical fiber coupled to the top of the reactor. The generated (1)O(2) was transported through the membrane by the O(2) stream and formed bubbles in solution. In solution, singlet oxygen reacted with probe compounds (9,10-anthracene dipropionate dianion, trans-2-methyl-2-pentanoate anion, N-benzoyl-D,L-methionine, or N-acetyl-D,L-methionine) to give oxidized products in two stages. The early stage was rapid and showed that (1)O(2) transfer occurred via bubbles mainly in the bulk water solution. The later stage was slow; it arose only from (1)O(2)-probe molecule contact at the gas/liquid interface. A mechanism is proposed that involves (1)O(2) mass transfer and solvation, where smaller bubbles provide better penetration of (1)O(2) into the flowing stream due to higher surface-to-volume contact between the probe molecules and (1)O(2).
3. Substrate specificity and histochemical distribution of aminopeptidase in rat testis and epididymis
T Matsuzawa Endocrinol Jpn. 1981 Aug;28(4):469-75. doi: 10.1507/endocrj1954.28.469.
The substrate specificity of rat testicular and epididymal peptidase was investigated using chromogenic substrates, D. L-alanine-, L-arginine-, gamma-N-L-glutamine-, L-leucine-, D. L-methionine-, alpha-N-benzoyl-D. L-arginine-, and N-benzoyl-L-leucine-beta-naphthylamide. The histochemical distribution of peptidase activity demonstrated with these substrates was also investigated in the testis and epididymis. L-Arginine-beta-raphthylamide (Arg-beta-NA) and gamma-N-L-glutamine-beta-naphthylamide (Glu-beta-NA) were mostly hydrolyzed in the testis and epididymis, respectively. Histologically, the activity using Arg-beta-NA as substrate (aminopeptidase B) appeared in both the cytoplasms and nuclei of interstitial cells and spermatogonia and the heads of spermatozoa, while activity using other substrates was found only in the cytoplasms of cells in the germinal epithelium. In the epididymis, strong reaction with Glu-beta-NA (gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase) was found in the apical part of the epithelial cells and in the heads of spermatozoa. Neither alpha-N-benzoyl-L-arginine- nor N-benzoyl-L-leucine-beta-naphthylamide was utilized in either the testis or the epididymis.
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