Polycrystalline dipeptides (glycyl-glycine, glycyl-L-valine, glycyl-L-leucine, L-alanyl-glycine, and L-prolyl-L-alanine) were γ-irradiated at room temperature in the absence of air. Subsequently they were dissolved in aqueous solutions containing 2-methyl-2-nitrosopropane as the spin trap. From the esr spectra of the nitroxide radicals separated by high-performance liquid chromatography, structural assignments of the radicals were made. For glycyl peptides, H-abstraction from the α-carbon atoms of the carboxyl terminal residues and from the side-chains were observed. For L-alanyl-glycine, H-abstraction from the glycyl residue and the formation of the deamination radical could be shown to occur. For L-prolyl-L-alanine, the ring opening (deamination) reaction, decarboxylation and H-abstraction from the C-terminal a-carbon were seen.
多晶二肽(甘氨酸-甘氨酸,甘氨酸-L-缬氨酸,甘氨酸-L-亮氨酸,L-丙氨酰-甘氨酸和L-脯氨酰-L-丙氨酸)在室温下在无空气的情况下进行γ辐照。随后,它们被溶解在含2-甲基-2-亚硝基丙烷作为自旋陷阱的水溶液中。通过高效液相色谱分离的亚硝基自由基的esr光谱,对自由基的结构进行了确定。对于甘氨酸肽,观察到了从羧基末端残基的α-碳原子和侧链中的氢抽取。对于L-丙氨酰-甘氨酸,可以显示从甘氨酸残基中抽取氢和形成去氨基自由基的反应发生。对于L-脯氨酰-L-丙氨酸,观察到了环开启(去氨基)反应,脱羧和从C-末端α-碳中的氢抽取。