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Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Pyridines > Pyridinium Compounds > Isodesmosine
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Amino Acids, Cyclic > Isodesmosine

Preferred term

Isodesmosine  

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Scope note

  • 2-(4-Amino-4-carboxybutyl)-1-(5-amino-5-carboxypentyl)-3,5-bis(3-amino-3-carboxypropyl)pyridinium. A rare amino acid found in elastin, formed by condensation of four molecules of lysine into a pyridinium ring.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under AMINO ACIDS 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007524

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