First evidence of phosphorylated tyrosine (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

First evidence of phosphorylated tyrosine

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Tony Hunter’s key June 1979 experiment. An unexplained radio-labeled spot, labeled “X,” between two well-known phosphorylated amino acids, serine and threonine, turned out to be the first evidence of phosphorylated tyrosine.

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