Purification, Characterization, Molecular Cloning, and Expression of a New Aminoacylase fromStreptomyces mobaraensisThat Can HydrolyzeN-(Middle/Long)-chain-fatty-acyl-L-amino Acids as Well asN-Short-chain-acyl-L-amino acids
A Novel Acylase from Streptomyces mobaraensis that Efficiently Catalyzes Hydrolysis/Synthesis of Capsaicins as Well as N-Acyl-l-amino Acids and N-Acyl-peptides
摘要:
A novel enzyme that catalyzes efficient hydrolysis of capsaicin (8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) was isolated from the culture broth of Streptomyces mobaraensis. The enzyme consisted of two dissimilar subunits with molecular masses of 61 and 19 kDa. The enzyme was activated and stabilized in the presence of Co2+. It showed a pH optimum of about 8 and was stable at temperatures of up to 55 degrees C for 1 h at pH 7.8. The specific activity of the enzyme for the hydrolysis of capsaicin was 10(2)-10(4) times higher than those for the enzymes reported to date. In an aqueous/n-hexane biphasic system, capsaicin analogues such as octanoyl, decanoyl, and lauroyl vanillylamides were synthesized from the corresponding fatty acids and vanillylamine at yields of 50% or greater. In addition, the enzyme catalyzed the deacylation of N-lauroyl-L-amino acids and N-lauroyl-L-dipeptides and the efficient synthesis of N alpha-lauroyl-L-lysine, N epsilon-lauroyl-L-lysine, and various N-lauroyl-peptides in aqueous solution in both the absence and the presence of glycerol.
Objects of the present invention are to provide an oxidative stress inhibitor which is capable of suppressing the expression of a cytotoxic protein and the activation of a gene transcriptional regulatory factor taking part such expression of a cytotoxic protein and exhibits good feeling upon use and safety; to provide a method for preventing, retarding, alleviating or treating a skin change due to aging or an undesirable aesthetic skin change, both caused or promoted by an oxidative stress; and to provide a cosmetic composition or dermatologic preparation for external use comprising the oxidative stress inhibitor as an effective ingredient, and for those purposes are employed an oxidative stress inhibiting agent which comprises, as an effective ingredient, at least one selected from cysteine or cystine derivatives and the salts thereof.
PHOTO-CURING MATERIAL MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND PHOTO-CURING MATERIAL AND ARTICLE
申请人:Asahi Glass Company Limited
公开号:EP2360195A1
公开(公告)日:2011-08-24
To provide a photocurable material which can form a cured product having a high transparency and a high refractive index, a process for producing the material easily, and an article having a high transparency and a high refractive index.
The photocurable material is obtained by a production process comprising (i) a step of reacting a polymerizable component (A) comprised of at least one type of a compound (a) having a (meth)acryloyloxy group, and a compound (B) having a mercapto group and a carboxy group to obtain a surface modifier (C) which has the carboxy group derived from the compound (B) at a terminal, (ii) a step of modifying the surface of inorganic fine particles (D) with the surface modifier (C) to obtain surface-modified inorganic fine particles (E), and (iii) a step of obtaining a photocurable material which contains the surface-modified inorganic fine particles (E), a polymerizable component (F) comprised of at least one type of a compound (f) having a (meth)acryloyloxy group, and a photopolymerization initiator (G).
Pharmaceutical formulations for the oral delivery of peptide or protein drugs
申请人:Cyprumed GmbH
公开号:EP3006045A1
公开(公告)日:2016-04-13
The present invention relates to improved pharmaceutical formulations, uses and methods for the oral delivery of peptide or protein drugs with advantageously high bioavailability, safety and cost-effectiveness. In particular, the invention provides a peptide or protein drug having a molecular weight of equal to or less than about 50 kDa for use as a medicament, wherein said peptide or protein drug is to be administered orally in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable copper salt/complex and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable zinc salt/complex, and with a pharmaceutically acceptable reducing agent. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising: a peptide or protein drug having a molecular weight of equal to or less than about 50 kDa; a pharmaceutically acceptable copper salt/complex and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable zinc salt/complex; and a pharmaceutically acceptable reducing agent.
Fast-acting plant-based medicinal compounds and nutritional supplements
申请人:RECEPTOR HOLDINGS, INC.
公开号:US10588974B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-17
Plant-based medicinal compounds or nutritional supplements in various carrier combinations are described. The carriers can include N-acylated fatty amino acids, penetration enhancers, and/or various other beneficial carriers. The plant-based composition/carrier combinations can create administration benefits.
Pharmaceutical formulations for the oral delivery of peptide drugs
申请人:Cyprumed GmbH
公开号:US10905744B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-02
The present invention relates to improved pharmaceutical formulations, uses and methods for the oral delivery of peptide drugs with advantageously high bioavailability, safety and costeffectiveness. In particular, the invention provides a peptide drug having a molecular weight of equal to or less than 5 kDa for use as a medicament, wherein said peptide drug is to be administered orally in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable copper salt/complex and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable zinc salt/complex and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable iron salt/complex, and with a pharmaceutically acceptable complexing agent. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising: a peptide drug having a molecular weight of equal to or less than 5 kDa; a pharmaceutically acceptable copper salt/complex and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable zinc salt/complex and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable iron salt/complex; and a pharmaceutically acceptable complexing agent.