Scislowski P W, Davis E J
Department of Biochemistry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46223.
FEBS Lett. 1987 Nov 16;224(1):177-81. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(87)80443-x.
The oxidation of free methionine to methionine sulfoxide by chemically or enzymatically generated oxygen free radicals is presented. The physiological significance of this process in living cells is suggested.