肽是由两个或两个以上氨基酸通过脱水缩合形成的化合物。最简单的肽由两个氨基酸构成,称为二肽;包含多个氨基酸的肽则被称为多肽。通常情况下,含有50个及以上氨基酸单位的多肽,则归类为蛋白质。肽广泛存在于动物、植物和微生物中,在生物体内的生长发育、细胞分化、大脑活动、肿瘤病变、免疫防御、生殖控制以及抗衰老等方面都扮演着重要角色。
例如,谷胱甘肽是某些酶的重要辅基,参与体内氧化还原反应;多种激素如催产素、加压素、胰高血糖素及促肾上腺皮质激素等,均属于多肽类,通过调节机体代谢发挥作用。下丘脑分泌的激素调节因子也是由多肽构成,控制着其他内分泌腺释放激素的过程。
近年来,在高等动物的大脑中发现了具有镇痛作用的脑啡肽(五肽)。许多抗生素如多粘菌素、短杆菌肽等也是肽类物质,具备强大的抗菌能力。此外,多肽是指通过肽键连接形成的一系列氨基酸单位构成的长链结构。一般而言,含有数十个或更少氨基酸单位的多肽称为肽;而更多氨基酸单位组成的则被称为蛋白质。
在命名时,通常按照从氨基末端(N端)到羧基末端(C端)的顺序书写。如Ser·Gly·Try·Ala·Leu这个五肽由5个氨基酸残基和4个肽键组成,命名为丝氨酰甘氨酰酪氨酰丙氨酰亮氨酸。
肽广泛存在于动植物组织中,并且其中许多具有特殊生物活性的功能性肽统称为生物活性肽。近年来的研究表明,几乎所有重大生命科学理论——包括免疫防御、生殖控制、肿瘤病变和抗衰防老等——均涉及相关的活性肽,这些理论与临床医学实践密切相关,因此生物活性肽在实际应用中也具有重要价值。
生物活性肽种类繁多,例如促肾上腺皮质激素为39肽,催产素为九肽,而两种重要的脑啡肽均为五肽。许多抗菌素也是由肽类物质构成的。生长因子则受控于基因,在细胞发育过程中起到调节和控制作用。表皮生长因子含有50个氨基酸残基,神经生长因子则由118个氨基酸组成。
中文名称 | 英文名称 | CAS号 | 化学式 | 结构式图片 |
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—— | Unii-9ttj40KJ7S | 1001080-55-2 | C161H260N46O46 |
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—— | (3S)-4-[(2S)-1-[(2S)-1-[(2S)-6-amino-1-[(2S)-1-[(2S)-6-amino-1-[2-[(2S)-1-[(2S)-2-[N-[(1S)-1-carboxyethyl]-C-hydroxycarbonimidoyl]pyrrolidin-1-yl]-5-hydroxy-5-imino-1-oxopentan-2-yl]imino-2-hydroxyethyl]imino-1-hydroxyhexan-2-yl]imino-1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-yl]imino-1-hydroxyhexan-2-yl]imino-1-hydroxy-3-methylbutan-2-yl]imino-1-hydroxy-3-methylbutan-2-yl]imino-3-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-[[2-[[2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-6-amino-2-[[2-[[(2S,3S)-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-[(2-amino-1-hydroxyethylidene)amino]-1-hydroxy-4-methylpentylidene]amino]-1-hydroxy-3-methylbutylidene]amino]-1,3-dihydroxypropylidene]amino]-1,3-dihydroxypropylidene]amino]-1-hydroxy-3-methylpentylidene]amino]-1-hydroxyethylidene]amino]-1-hydroxyhexylidene]amino]-1-hydroxypropylidene]amino]-1-hydroxy-4-methylpentylidene]amino]-1-hydroxyethylidene]amino]-1-hydroxyethylidene]amino]-1-hydroxy-4-methylpentylidene]amino]-1-hydroxy-4-methylpentylidene]amino]-1-hydroxypropylidene]amino]-4-hydroxybutanoic acid | —— | C105H185N29O32 |
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—— | Cytotoxin CM 7 (Naja naja kaouthia reduced) 60 | 76483-70-0 | C292H479N81O79S10 |
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—— | H-D-Trp-D-Trp-D-aThr-D-Phe-D-Phe-D-Leu-D-Pro-D-Ser-D-aThr-D-Leu-D-Trp-D-Glu-D-Arg-D-Lys-OH | —— | C96H129N21O20 |
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—— | Somatostatin (sheep reduced), N-((1,1-dimethylethoxy)carbonyl)-3-(S-((acetylamino)methyl)-l-cysteine)-4-(N6-((2-(methylsulfonyl)ethoxy)carbonyl)-l-lysine)-9-(N6-((2-(methylsulfonyl)ethoxy)carbonyl)-l-lysine)-14-(S-((acetylamino)methyl)-l-cysteine)-, 2-(((4-(phenylazo)phenyl)methyl)sulfonyl)ethyl ester | 76408-92-9 | C110H150N22O33S5 |
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—— | (2S)-N-[(2S)-1-[(2S)-1-[(2S)-1-[(2S)-1-[(2S,3R)-1-[(2S)-1-[(2S,3R)-1-[(2S)-1,3-dihydroxy-1-[(2R)-3-[(1-hydroxyethylideneamino)methylsulfanyl]-1-oxo-1-[2-[(4-phenyldiazenylphenyl)methylsulfonyl]ethoxy]propan-2-yl]iminopropan-2-yl]imino-1,3-dihydroxybutan-2-yl]imino-1-hydroxy-3-phenylpropan-2-yl]imino-1,3-dihydroxybutan-2-yl]imino-1-hydroxy-6-[[hydroxy(2-methylsulfonylethoxy)methylidene]amino]hexan-2-yl]imino-1-hydroxy-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propan-2-yl]imino-1-hydroxy-3-phenylpropan-2-yl]imino-1-hydroxy-3-phenylpropan-2-yl]-2-[[hydroxy-[(2-methylpropan-2-yl)oxy]methylidene]amino]butanediimidic acid | —— | C89H114N16O24S3 |
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—— | Bradykinin potentiator BPP1 | 83154-52-3 | C51H78N14O13 |
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—— | Neurotoxin B IV (Cerebratulus lacteus) | 79586-21-3 | C258H412N84O72S8 |
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—— | Neurotoxin III (Naja mossambica mossambica) 62 | 82600-21-3 | C296H462N102O92S9 |
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—— | (D-Cha(sup 6))-LHRH acetate | 82317-94-0 | C64H91N17O15 |
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—— | Cibinetide | 1208243-50-8 | C51H84N16O21 |
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—— | N-[4-amino-1-[[(2R,3R)-1-[[4-amino-1-oxo-1-[[(3S,12R,15R)-6,9,18-tris(2-aminoethyl)-3-[(1R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-12,15-bis(2-methylpropyl)-2,5,8,11,14,17,20-heptaoxo-1,4,7,10,13,16,19-heptazacyclotricos-21-yl]amino]butan-2-yl]amino]-3-hydroxy-1-oxobutan-2-yl]amino]-1-oxobutan-2-yl]-6-methyloctanamide | —— | C53H100N16O13 |
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—— | Ehfrwgkpvg-NH2 | 94664-48-9 | C57H80N18O11 |
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—— | N-[1-[[1-[[1-[[1-[[1-[[1-[[1-[[3-[1-(dimethylamino)propan-2-ylamino]-3-oxopropyl]amino]-2-methyl-1-oxopropan-2-yl]amino]-2-methyl-1-oxopropan-2-yl]amino]-4-methyl-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-4-methyl-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-2-methyl-1-oxopropan-2-yl]amino]-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-6-hydroxy-4-methyl-1,8-dioxodecan-2-yl]-4-methyl-1-[(E)-4-methylhex-2-enoyl]pyrrolidine-2-carboxamide;hydron;chloride | —— | C62H112ClN11O13 |
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—— | (Lys<sup>4</sup>,ε-N-Fmoc-Lys<sup>8</sup>)GnRH-III | 178414-83-0 | C77H91N19O15 |
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—— | H-Lys(H)-(Ala-AlaT-Ala)4-Lys(H)-NH2 | 1086771-96-1 | C68H103N25O22 |
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—— | D-loop peptide, synthetic | 130304-73-3 | C53H76N16O16S |
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—— | L-Proline, 1-(N-(N-(N2-(N-(1-(N2-(N2-(N2-L-lysyl-L-lysyl)-L-arginyl)-L-arginyl)-L-prolyl)-L-valyl)-L-lysyl)-L-valyl)-L-tyrosyl)- | 60063-06-1 | C59H103N19O12 |
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—— | Altracin | —— | C66H103N17O16S |
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—— | Mystixin-11 | 171439-62-6 | C65H110N16O13S |
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—— | Apamin, N-acetyl-4-(N6-acetyl-L-lysine)-18-(N-acetyl-L-histidinamide)- | 78114-12-2 | C85H137N31O27S4 |
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—— | (pyroglutamic acid)QKLGNQWAVGHLM-NH2 | 66839-66-5 | C71H110N22O18S |
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—— | Glycine, L-seryl-L-histidyl-L-leucyl-L-valyl-L-alpha-glutamyl-L-alanyl-L-leucyl-L-alanyl-L-leucyl-L-valyl-L-alanylglycyl-L-alpha-glutamyl-L-arginyl- | 239480-61-6 | C66H112N20O21 |
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—— | H-Lys-Lys-Lys-Lys-Lys-Lys-Lys-Lys-Lys-Lys-OH | 21743-35-1 | C60H122N20O11 |
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—— | Crosstide | 171783-05-4 | C48H77N17O17 |
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—— | Gly-Gly-Glu-Val-Leu-Gly-Lys-Arg-Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met | 88878-74-4 | C61H95N17O17S |
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—— | H-DL-Arg-DL-Pro-DL-Lys-DL-Pro-DL-Gln-DL-Gln-DL-Phe-DL-Phe-DL-His-DL-Leu-DL-Met-NH2 | 115760-58-2 | C67H102N20O13S |
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—— | polymyxin B3 | 71140-58-4 | C55H96N16O13 |
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—— | colistin C | 52993-61-0 | C52H98N16O13 |
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—— | Seryl-prolyl-seryl-valyl-glutamyl-arginyl-valyl-phenylalanyl-seryl-alanyl-seryl-prolyl-alanyl-leucine | 123001-63-8 | C64H103N17O21 |
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—— | Mastoparan 7 | 145854-59-7 | C67H124N18O15 |
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—— | Urechistachykinin II | 149097-04-1 | C44H66N14O10S |
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—— | Syntide-2 | 108334-68-5 | C68H122N20O18 |
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—— | melittin | 123168-46-7 | C131H228N38O32 |
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—— | substance P | 71977-09-8 | C63H97N17O14S |
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—— | ACTH(1-10) | 2791-05-1 | C59H78N16O16S |
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—— | Ac-AEE-C(Clk)-IpYGEFEAKKKK-CONH2 | 1190595-30-2 | C99H140BrN24O29PS |
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—— | lauroyl-Gly-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser-OH | 1242243-59-9 | C71H136N36O17 |
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—— | H-D-Tyr-D-Lys-D-Gln-D-Cys-D-His-D-Lys-D-Lys-Gly-Gly-D-Lys-D-Lys-Gly-D-Ser-Gly-OH | 1078162-71-6 | C64H108N22O18S |
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—— | peptide5 | 916977-43-0 | C60H98N16O20S |
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—— | Einecs 266-705-2 | 67494-32-0 | C50H70N14O15S2 |
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—— | Ac-[D-Tyr<sup>46</sup>,D-Leu<sup>47</sup>,Thr<sup>49</sup>,azaGly<sup>51</sup>,Arg(Me)<sup>53</sup>,Trp<sup>54</sup>]metastin(46-54) | 872720-12-2 | C59H84N16O13 |
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—— | KKLFKKILKYL-NH2 | 1001644-68-3 | C72H125N17O12 |
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—— | Ac-LYRANGESPGYS-NH2 | 1320358-47-1 | C59H87N17O20 |
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—— | H-Gly-Lys-Gly-Arg-Gly-Leu-Ser-Leu-Ser-Arg-Phe-Ser-Trp-Gly-Ala-OH | 99026-75-2 | C70H111N23O19 |
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—— | H-Lys-Thr-Lys-Cys-Lys-Phe-Leu-Lys-Lys-Cys-NH2 | 1579292-67-3 | C55H100N16O11S2 |
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—— | KKLFKKILKKL-NH<sub>2</sub> | 898529-02-7 | C69H128N18O11 |
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—— | temporin B | 188713-70-4 | C67H122N16O15 |
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—— | cyclo-[(2R,3S,4R,5R)-5-aminomethyl-3,4-dibenzyloxytetrahydrofuran-2-carboxyl-Leu-Orn-Val-Orn-Leu-D-Phe-Pro-Val-Orn-Leu-D-Orn-Val] | 1313868-94-8 | C87H137N17O16 |
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—— | cyclo-[(2R,3S,4R,5R)-5-aminomethyl-4-benzyloxy-3-hydroxytetrahydrofuran-2-carboxyl-Leu-Orn-Val-Orn-Leu-D-Phe-Pro-Val-Orn-Leu-D-Orn-Val] | 1313868-95-9 | C80H131N17O16 |
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