First isolation of γ-L-glutamyl-γ-aminobutyric acid from bovine brains
1992
: We had obtained some immunohistochemical indications which suggested that peptide(s) containing GABA at the C-terminal could exist in specific neurons in brains. We therefore sought such GABA conjugate(s) by isolating an acidic GABA-dipeptide from bovine brains and determined its structure as gamma-L-glutamyl-gamma-aminobutyric acid (gamma-L-Glu-gamma Abu:GluGABA). Its gamma-linkage was determined by a mass-spectrometric (B/E linked scan SIMS) analysis; its chirality was established by a chiral column HPLC technique. This peptide is the first acidic GABA-peptide recognized in brain and the first brain peptide containing GABA at the C-terminal.
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