A synthetic peptide for use as a blocking control in assays to test for specificity of PCMT1 antibody, Alternative Names: PCMT1 control peptide, PCMT1 antibody Blocking Peptide, Anti-PCMT1 Blocking Peptide, Protein-L-Isoaspartate Blocking Peptide, D-Aspartate O-Methyltransferase Blocking Peptide, PCMT1, PCMT-1, PCMT 1, PCMT-1 Blocking Peptide, PCMT 1 Blocking Peptide
Three classes of protein carboxyl methyltransferases, distinguished by their methyl-acceptor substrate specificity, have been found in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. The type II enzyme catalyzes the transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosyl-L-methionine to the free carboxyl groups of D-aspartyl and L-isoaspartyl residues. These methyl-accepting residues result from the spontaneous deamidation, isomerization, and racemization of normal L-aspartyl and L-asparaginyl residues and represent sites of covalent damage to aging proteins PCMT1 (EC 2.1.1.77) is a protein repair enzyme that initiates the conversion of abnormal D-aspartyl and L-isoaspartyl residues to the normal L-aspartyl form.