Nitration

Nitration is a post-translational modification of mostly tyrosine residues that is caused by oxidation. First, a tyrosine radical is formed by one-electron oxidation followed by a reaction with nitrogen dioxide resulting in 3-nitrotyrosine. Lit.



Type
Incomplete
pKa1
Acidic
7.25
pKa2
None
pKa3
None
NativeCharge
Loss
H
Gain
NO2
Deltamass
Monoisotopic
44.9850782119122
Average
44.9975723125273
UVSpec
Display
λ
/ nm
ε
/ M-1 cm-1
214 0
240 0
245 0
250 2267
255 2646
260 3308
265 3783
270 4279
272 4321
274 4388
276 4521
278 4588
280 4563
282 4521
284 4642
286 4750
288 4608
290 4421
292 4225
294 3867
296 3496
298 3088
300 2833
302 2583
304 2383
306 2175
308 1921
310 1813
312 1725
314 1658
316 1650
318 1658
320 1679
H
AA
Y
Pattern