AssayIndex
Impurities & degradation

Deamidation

Conversion of asparagine to aspartate or glutamine to glutamate, +0.984 Da. A storage degradation route, accelerated above pH 7.

Related terms

Isoaspartate
The rearranged product of deamidation via a succinimide intermediate. Mass-identical to aspartate-containing peptide.

Where this term appears

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