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Synthesis and analytical use of 3-carboxypropionyl-alanyl-alanyl-valine-4-nitroanilide: a specific substrate for human leukocyte elastase. 1980

H R Wenzel, and S Engelbrecht, and H Reich, and W Mondry, and H Tschesche

A simple synthesis is described for 3-carboxypropionyl-Ala-Ala-Val-4-nitroanilide, a convenient and very specific substrate for human leukocyte elastase (Km = 1.0mM, kcat = 8.7 s-1). The substrate does not undergo appreciable spontaneous hydrolysis. It is not cleaved by trypsin or chymotrypsin and only rather slowly by porcine pancreatic elastase (Km = 9.1mM, kcat = 1.4 s-1).

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D007962 Leukocytes White blood cells. These include granular leukocytes (BASOPHILS; EOSINOPHILS; and NEUTROPHILS) as well as non-granular leukocytes (LYMPHOCYTES and MONOCYTES). Blood Cells, White,Blood Corpuscles, White,White Blood Cells,White Blood Corpuscles,Blood Cell, White,Blood Corpuscle, White,Corpuscle, White Blood,Corpuscles, White Blood,Leukocyte,White Blood Cell,White Blood Corpuscle
D008722 Methods A series of steps taken in order to conduct research. Techniques,Methodological Studies,Methodological Study,Procedures,Studies, Methodological,Study, Methodological,Method,Procedure,Technique
D009842 Oligopeptides Peptides composed of between two and twelve amino acids. Oligopeptide
D010196 Pancreatic Elastase A protease of broad specificity, obtained from dried pancreas. Molecular weight is approximately 25,000. The enzyme breaks down elastin, the specific protein of elastic fibers, and digests other proteins such as fibrin, hemoglobin, and albumin. EC 3.4.21.36. Elastase,Pancreatopeptidase,Elastase I,Pancreatic Elastase I,Elastase I, Pancreatic,Elastase, Pancreatic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013379 Substrate Specificity A characteristic feature of enzyme activity in relation to the kind of substrate on which the enzyme or catalytic molecule reacts. Specificities, Substrate,Specificity, Substrate,Substrate Specificities

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