Mechanism for Aspartame to methanol?

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Hey guys. Can someone show me the mechanism for Aspartame to methanol?
 
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Well, do you know the structure of aspartame? What part of the molecule do you think that the methanol comes from? What type of functional groups would be involved in such a reaction?