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Surface layer of wool. I. Dityrosine synthesis and characterization
Author(s) -
Stewart K.,
Spedding P. L.,
Otterburn M. S.,
Lewis D. M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19971226)66:13<2359::aid-app1>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - yield (engineering) , tyrosine , wool , chemistry , layer (electronics) , nuclear chemistry , materials science , polymer chemistry , biochemistry , organic chemistry , composite material
An assay of the enzymic oxidation of tyrosine to dityrosine was performed to determine the optimum conditions for dityrosine formation. Improvements were introduced into the method for dityrosine synthesis and purification so as to obtain a higher yield (10%) of pure dityrosine. The product served as a reliable reference for studies of the dityrosine content of wool. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 66: 2359–2363, 1997