Effect of α,α-dialkyl amino acids on the protease resistance of peptides

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2269-2272

  Yamaguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Kodama, Hiroaki ^a   Osada, Satoshi ^a   Kato, Fumio ^a   Jelokhani Niaraki, Masood ^b   Kondo, Michio ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

, dialkyl amino acid; 2 aminoisobutyric acid; Peptide antibiotic; Protease resistance; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; PEPTIDE; PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG RESISTANCE; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; KINETICS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRYPSIN;

EID: 3142717768     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.2269     Document Type: Article

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