Systematic study of the substituted active C-terminus of hirudin

J Pept Res. 1999 Dec;54(6):480-90. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-3011.1999.00132.x.

Abstract

Hirudin, a potent clinical thrombin inhibitor from Hirudo medicinalis, consists of 65 amino acids in a single chain. In this paper, we systematically synthesize a series of C-terminal (desulfo hirudin45-65) peptides substituted by 20 natural L-amino acids via the Multipin method. The resulting peptide library is subsequently screened using an alpha-thrombin-mediated fibrinogen clotting assay and alpha-thrombin-induced amidolytic hydrolysis assay.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amides / metabolism
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Binding Sites
  • Biological Assay
  • Catalytic Domain
  • Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques
  • Fibrinolysis / drug effects
  • Hirudins / chemistry*
  • Hirudins / metabolism
  • Hirudins / pharmacology
  • Hydrolysis
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peptide Library

Substances

  • Amides
  • Hirudins
  • Peptide Library