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Analysis of Hydroxyproline in Collagen Hydrolysates

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Amino Acid Analysis

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Hydroxyproline (Hyp) is an imino acid posttranslationally formed by sequence-specific hydroxylases in the repeating collagen Gly-Xaa-Yaa triad present in all collagen types of all species. In both Xaa- and Yaa-positions, Pro is the most common residue, often oxidized to 4-Hyp in the Yaa- and rarely to 3-Hyp in the Xaa-positions. Here we describe the qualitative and quantitative analysis of 3- and 4-Hyp-isomers by separating the free imino acids either with hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) or after derivatization with reversed-phase chromatography (RPC). In both cases the compounds were detected by electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry.

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Langrock, T., Hoffmann, R. (2019). Analysis of Hydroxyproline in Collagen Hydrolysates. In: Alterman, M. (eds) Amino Acid Analysis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2030. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9639-1_5

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