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Desmosine
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Definition
: A rare amino acid found in elastin, formed by condensation of four molecules of lysine into a pyridinium ring.
Other names
4-
(4-
Amino-
4-
Carboxybutyl)-
1-
(5-
Amino-
5-
Carboxypen
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
Drugs
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isooxodesmosine
147044-50-6
Desmosine/*analogs & derivatives.
Arch Biochem Biophys 2001 Jan 1;385(1):209-19
oxodesmosine
147044-49-3
Desmosine/*analogs & derivatives.
Arch Biochem Biophys 2001 Jan 1;385(1):209-19
dehydrohistidinohydroxymerodesmosine
58402-48-5 5-
Undecenedioic acid, 2,10-
diamino-
6-
(4-
(2-
amino-
2-
carboxyethyl)-
1H-
imidazol-
1-
yl)-
5-
(((5-
amino-
5-
carboxy-
2-
hydroxypentyl)imino)methyl)
Desmosine/*analogs & derivatives.
J Biol Chem 1980;255(21):10414
photodesmosine
70701-07-4 Pyridinium, 3-
(4-
amino-
4-
carboxybutyl)-
1-
(5-
amino-
5-
carboxypentyl)-
2,4-
bis(3-
amino-
3-
carboxypropyl)
*Desmosine.
Biochim Biophys Acta 584(2):327;1979
dehydromerodesmosine
51299-87-7 5-
Undecenedioic acid, 2,10-
diamino-
5-
(((5-
amino-
5-
carboxypentyl)imino)methyl)-
, (2S-
(2R*,5(R*),10R*))
Desmosine/*analogs & derivatives.
Connect Tissue Res 2(3):231;1974
hydroxymerodesmosine
42589-01-5 5-
Undecenedioic acid, 2,10-
diamino-
5-
(((5-
amino-
5-
carboxy-
2-
hydroxypentyl)amino)methyl)
Desmosine/*analogs & derivatives
Collagen.
Biochim Biophys Acta 310(1):130;1973
histidinohydroxymerodesmosine
51773-61-6 2,10-
diamino-
5-
(5-
hydroxylysinonorleucyl)-
6-
(N(3)-
histidyl)undecanedioic acid
Desmosine/*analogs & derivatives
Histidine/*analogs & derivatives.
J Biol Chem 248(2):393;1973