There is described an apparatus for measuring protein characteristics comprising an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer comprising a source of polychromatic X-rays, an X-ray detector, a protein, a molecule that has been exposed to and at least weakly binds to the protein, a plurality of X-ray fluorescence signal data obtained by irradiating chemical elements in the protein and molecule with the polychromatic X-rays and a security system for maintaining records for the data from the plurality of X-ray fluorescence signal measurements. There is also described an x-ray microscope for measuring a sample.
描述了一种测量蛋白质特性的仪器,该仪器包括一个 X 射线荧光 (XRF) 光谱仪,其中包括一个多色 X 射线源、一个 X 射线探测器、一个蛋白质、一个已暴露于该蛋白质并至少与该蛋白质弱结合的分子、通过用多色 X 射线照射蛋白质和分子中的化学元素而获得的多个 X 射线荧光信号数据,以及一个用于维护多个 X 射线荧光信号测量数据记录的安全系统。此外,还介绍了一种用于测量样品的 X 射线显微镜。
Inhibition of Adamalysin II and MMPs by Phosphonate Analogues of Snake Venom Peptides
Phosphonate analogues of the peptidomimetic N-(Furan-2-yl)carbonyl-Leu-Trp-OH were prepared with the goal of evaluating the effect of phosphonate for carboxylate replacement on binding with snake venom metalloproteinases and MMPs, N(Furan-2-yl)carbonyl-Leu-L-Trp(P)-(OH)(2) showed a 75-fold increase of the inhibiting activity against adamalysin II, a snake venom metalloproteinase structurally related to MMPs and TACE. Both the phosphonate and carboxylate peptidomimetics fit into the active site adopting a retrobinding mode and provide the structural base for a new class of metalloproteinases inhibitors. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
INHIBITORS OF METALLOPROTEINASES, THEIR THERAPEUTIC USE, AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE STARTING COMPOUND IN THEIR SYNTHESIS