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Amide bonds, and thus isopeptide bonds, are stabilized by resonance (electron delocalization) between the carbonyl oxygen, the carbonyl carbon, and the nitrogen atom. The bond strength of an isopeptide bond is similar to that of a peptide due to the similar bonding type. The bond strength of a peptide bond is around 300 kJ/mol, or about 70 kcal ...
Bonds formed by transglutaminase exhibit high resistance to proteolytic degradation (proteolysis). [2] The reaction is [1] Gln-(C=O)NH 2 + NH 2-Lys → Gln-(C=O)NH-Lys + NH 3. Transglutaminases can also join a primary amine ( RNH 2 ) to the side chain carboxyamide group of a protein/peptide bound glutamine residue thus forming an isopeptide ...
Autocatalytic cycle of formose reaction showing how glyceraldehyde can be both the catalyst and the product of one portion of this complex reaction type. An early example of autocatalysis is the formose reaction , in which formaldehyde and base produce sugars and related polyols.
Carbohydrate metabolism is the whole of the biochemical processes responsible for the metabolic formation, breakdown, and interconversion of carbohydrates in living organisms. Carbohydrates are central to many essential metabolic pathways . [ 1 ]
Carbohydrate synthesis is a sub-field of organic chemistry concerned with generating complex carbohydrate structures from simple units (monosaccharides). The generation of carbohydrate structures usually involves linking monosaccharides or oligosaccharides through glycosidic bonds, a process called glycosylation .
When the isopeptag is bound to a target protein, it spontaneously binds its binding partner through an isopeptide bond, an amide bond formed autocatalytically.The reaction is robust and occurs at various temperatures from 4-37 °C, a pH range of 5–8, and in the presence of commonly used detergents.
Isopeptide bonds occur in the linkage of protein amino acid side chains to proteins such as ubiquitin and SUMO in the protein degradation pathway. In eukaryotes, enzymes with isopeptidase activity are often involved in this pathway; all five classes of deubiquitinating enzymes have isopeptidase activity. [ 1 ]
The formation of disulfide bonds from cysteine residues may also be referred to as a post-translational modification. [3] For instance, the peptide hormone insulin is cut twice after disulfide bonds are formed, and a propeptide is removed from the middle of the chain; the resulting protein consists of two polypeptide chains connected by ...