Chemical Properties
Crystalline
Uses
Substrate for Prolidase.
Uses
N-Glycylproline was found to exhibit anti-ischemic effects on the metabolism of neuroactive amino acids and indices of energy turnover in the neocortex of rats after experimental brain ischemia.
Definition
ChEBI: A dipeptide consisting of L-proline having a glycyl residue attached to its alpha-amino group.
Purification Methods
Crystallise glycyl-L-proline from water at 50-60o by addition of EtOH. [Saidel J Am Chem Soc 77 3893 1955, Bergmann et al. Z Physiol Chem 212 79 1932, Beilstein 22 IV 49.]