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  • Title: Design of serine proteinase inhibitors by combinatorial chemistry using trypsin inhibitor SFTI-1 as a starting structure.
    Author: Zabłotna E, Jaśkiewicz A, Łegowska A, Miecznikowska H, Lesner A, Rolka K.
    Journal: J Pept Sci; 2007 Nov; 13(11):749-55. PubMed ID: 17828796.
    Abstract:
    A small peptide library of monocyclic SFTI-1 trypsin inhibitor from sunflower seeds modified in positions P(1) and P(4)' was synthesized using a portioning-mixing method. The peptide library was deconvoluted by the iterative approach in solution. Two trypsin ([Met(9)]-SFTI-1 and [Arg(5), Abu(9)]-SFTI-1), one chymotrypsin ([Phe(5)]-SFTI-1) and one human elastase ([Leu(5), Trp(9)]-SFTI-1) inhibitors were selected and resynthesized. The values of their association equilibrium constants (K(a)) with target enzymes indicate that they are potent inhibitors. In addition, the last two analoges belong to the most active inhibitors of this size. The results obtained show that the conserved Pro(9) residue in the Bowman-Birk inhibitor (BBI)s is not essential for inhibitory activity.
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