A method of measuring collagenase activity using as substrates peptide derivatives having the structure A-Pro-B-Gly-C-Ala-Gly-E wherein A is a hydrophobic neutral or acidic chromophore, B is an amino acid residue, C is Ile or Leu, E is Gln-D-Arg-OH or D-Arg-OH and all the amino acid residues except for Gly are L-configuration unless otherwise stated.
Peptide derivatives and a method of measuring collagenase activity
申请人:Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
公开号:US04138394A1
公开(公告)日:1979-02-06
Peptide derivatives are obtained by eliminating the masking groups from masked peptide derivatives in which the guanidino group of an arginine residue and the carboxyl group of the arginine residue are masked. The guanidino group can be masked, for example, with a tosyl, nitro or benzyloxycarbonyl group, and the carboxyl group can be masked by converting it to an ester group, for example, a benzyl or t-butyl ester group. The masking groups can be eliminated using hydrogen fluoride, for example.