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. 1971 Jun;123(1):69–74. doi: 10.1042/bj1230069

Isolation and partial characterization of methylated arginines from the encephalitogenic basic protein of myelin

G S Baldwin 1, P R Carnegie 1,*
PMCID: PMC1176900  PMID: 5128665

Abstract

Two methylated derivatives of arginine were isolated from the encephalitogenic protein of myelin from the central nervous system. Evidence is presented for the proposed structures, ω-NN′-dimethylarginine and ω-N-monomethylarginine. In the encephalitogenic protein from human brain the proportion 1:6:10 for arginine:monomethylarginine:dimethylarginine residues was found to occur at position 107. Possible roles for the methylated arginine in conformational changes and altered ion-exchange behaviour are discussed.

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