## Abstract Peptide dendrimers assembled by solidβphase peptide synthesis using a branching diamino acid at every 2^nd^ or 3^rd^ position provide readily accessible synthetic model systems for proteins and enzymes. They adopt a globular shape by topology rather than by folding. Peptide dendrimers o
Inhibition of mammalian collagenases by thiol-containing peptides
β Scribed by Robert D. Gray; Robert B. Miller; Arno F. Spatola
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 422 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0730-2312
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β¦ Synopsis
The following thiol-containing peptide analogues of the carboxyl side of the collagenase-sensitive bond of collagen were synthesized and tested as inhibitors of collagenases partially purified from homogenates of rabbit V-2 tumor and culture medium of pig synovium: HSCH2CH
The compounds are listed in order of their inhibitory potency when assayed with nonfibrillar-acid-soluble calf skin collagen at pH 7.6, 35Β°C. The best inhibitor (111) gave 50% inhibition between 1 and 4 pM. I1 was a competitive inhibitor with a Ki value of 75 pM. The enzymes preferred an isobutyl side chain at the 2-carbon position, and, where tested (111, IV), did not discriminate strongly between stereoisomers at the chiral2-carbon. Increasing the length of the inhibitor did not markedly increase potency.
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