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Accession #  1000 PSI-MS Name  Interim Name  AHA-Alkyne
Description  Azidohomoalanine (AHA) bound to propargylglycine-NH2 (alkyne)
Composition  H(5) C(4) N(5) O S(-1) Monoisotopic  107.077339 Average  107.0504
Specificity Definition 1
Site  M Position  Anywhere Classification  Chemical derivative
Notes and References 
Source  Journal Reference  Dieterich DC et al., (2007) Labelling, detection and identification of newly synthesized proteomes with bioorthogonal non-canonical amino acid tagging. Nature Protocols 2(3): 532-40
Notes  Methionine (C5H11NO2S) is substituted in culture with azidohomoalanine (AHA - C4H8N4O2). The azide group reacts with the alkyne group propargylglycine-NH2. As a result the side chain of methionine (C3H7S) is substituted by C7H12N5O.
Curator  BThomas Last Modified  2010-10-03 13:44:56 Verified  No
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