Bodnaryk RP, Levenbook L. Naturally occurring low-molecular-weight peptides from the blowfly Phormia regina.
Biochem J 1968;
110:771-3. [PMID:
5704824 PMCID:
PMC1187453 DOI:
10.1042/bj1100771]
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Abstract
Freely occurring alpha-l-aspartyl-l-histidine, beta-alanyl-l-histidine (carnosine), alpha-l-aspartyl-alpha-l-lysine, l-asparaginyl-alpha-l-lysine, alpha-l-glutamyl-alpha-l-lysine, l-isoleucyl-alpha-l-lysine, l-seryl-alpha-l-lysine, l-valyl-alpha-l-lysine and glycyl-alpha-l-lysyl-alpha-l-lysine were identified in young larvae (second and third instars) of the blowfly (Phormia regina).
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