Amino Acid Sequence
Lys-Tyr-Lys
Application
Lysyltyrosyllysine (Lys-Tyr-Lys, KYK) is used together with uracil DNA glycosylase to quantify uracil. Lysyltyrosyllysine is also used as a model peptide to study free radical oxidation and electron capture mechanisms.
Biochem/physiol Actions
Tripeptide can induce nicks at apurinic/apyrimidinic sites in circular DNA.
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