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Peptide inhibitors of α-amylase based on tendamistat: Development of analogues with ω-amino acids linking critical binding segments

  • Deborah L. Heyl
  • , Shakila Tobwala
  • , Leo Solomon Lucas
  • , A. Dammika Nandanie
  • , Rebecca W. Himm
  • , Jennifer Kappler
  • , Elizabeth J. Blaney
  • , Jason Groom
  • , Jeffrey Asbill
  • , Jonathan K. Nzoma
  • , Cara Jarosz
  • , Hanna Palamma
  • , Stephen E. Schullery

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Abstract

Peptide analogues of Tendamistat which include the most essential residues linked by novel ω-amino acids (X,Y,Z: H2N-(CH2) n-CO2H, where n=2-10) were designed, synthesized (Ac-Tyr15-X-Trp18-Arg19-Tyr20-Y- Thr55-Z-Asp58-Gly59-Tyr60-Ile 61-Gly62-NH2), and analyzed for α-amylase inhibitory activity. Native dipeptide spacers sometimes were left intact at X and Z. Analogues demonstrated competitive inhibition with Ki values ranging from 23 to 767 μM. 8-Aminooctanoic acid was the optimal linker at Y, while longer linkers were favored at the other positions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)275-280
Number of pages6
JournalProtein and Peptide Letters
Volume12
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2005

Keywords

  • Binding segment
  • Inhibitor
  • Linker
  • Tendamistat
  • α-amylase

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