TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rogge, B.
A1  - Itagaki, Y.
A1  - Fishkin, N.
A1  - Levi, E.
A1  - Ruhl, R.
A1  - Yi, S. S.
A1  - Nakanishi, K.
A1  - Hammerling, U.
T1  - Retinoylserine and retinoylalanine, natural products of the moth Trichoplusia ni
N2  - Insect cells convert vitamin A into a number of retinoids that are evolutionarily conserved with those of mammalian cells. However, insect cells also produce additional natural retinoids. Namely, two retinoic acid peptides, N- trans-retinoylserine (1) and N-trans-retinoylalanine (2), have been isolated from a cell line of the common cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni. These are the first examples of naturally occurring retinoic acid linked to amino acids through an amide bond; the amino acid moieties are depicted in the more common L-configuration, although the absolute configuration was not determined due to the minuscule sample amount
Y1  - 2005
SN  - 0163-3864
ER  -