Acylation with long-chain fatty acids is a common modification at the N-terminal glycine residues of natural proteins. In this work, we performed HPLC analysis of myristoylglycine (Myr-Gly-OH), palmitoylglycine (Pal-Gly-OH) or lauroylglycine (Lau-Gly-OH), which were produced in the hydrolysates of synthetic Myr-Gly-, Pal-Gly-, or Lau-Gly-peptides, respectively, by means of a mild acid hydrolysis in methanesulfonic acid:dioxane: water (2:1:1) at 60°C for 12 h. Myr-Gly-OH, Pal-Gly-OH and Lau-Gly-OH were quite stable under hydrolysis conditions. These fatty acyl-Gly-OH were conveniently detectable at a 20 nmol level by direct reversed-phase HPLC. Thus, mild acid hydrolysis, followed by HPLC analysis of the hydrolysate, provides a simple method of identification of the N-terminal structure of fatty acyl-Gly-peptides.
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Okimura, K., Ohki, K., Nagai, S., & Sakura, N. (2003). HPLC analysis of fatty acyl-glycine in the aqueous methanesulfonic acid hydrolysates of N-terminally fatty acylated peptides. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 26(8), 1166–1169. https://doi.org/10.1248/bpb.26.1166
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