AssayIndex
Impurities & degradation

Asp-Gly motif

An aspartate followed by a glycine. The most aspartimide-prone sequence in peptide chemistry. Epitalon's defining analytical problem.

Related terms

Aspartimide
A cyclic imide formed at an Asp-X motif, −18.011 Da. Hydrolyses to a mixture of α- and β-aspartyl peptides, the latter mass-identical to the parent.

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