Trypsin inhibitory loop is an excellent lead structure to design serine protease inhibitors and antimicrobial peptides
Open Access
- 23 March 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 21 (10) , 2466-2473
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.06-7966com
Abstract
The disulfide-bridged hendecapeptide (CWTKSIPPKPC) loop, derived from an amphibian skin peptide, is found to have strong trypsin inhibitory capability. This loop, called the trypsin inhibitory loop (...Keywords
Funding Information
- Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province (2005C0054M)
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK2005422)
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