Edman's Reaction

It is a useful reaction employed to identify the amino acid at the N- terminal of the polypeptide chain, and is hence used in the determination of amino acid sequence.  The regent phenylisothiocyanate reacts with the amino acid to yield a cyclic product , phenylthiohydantoin . The reaction proceeds in two steps.

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