OntologiesmodclassesMOD:00074   
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N-methyl-L-phenylalanine
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MOD_00074

A protein modification that effectively converts an L-phenylalanine residue to N-methyl-L-phenylalanine.

Polypeptides with monomethylated amino terminals can undergo premature cleavage during the coupling step of an Edman degradation. This can result in "preview" with both a residue and the following residue being seen from the first step on through a sequence [JSG].

Exact Synonyms
(2S)-2-methylamino-3-phenylpropanoic acid
MOD_RES N-methylphenylalanine
N-methyl-L-phenylalanine
N-methylated L-phenylalanine
N-methylphenylalanine
NMe1Phe
Related Synonyms
Methyl
Methylation