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SUBMITTER: Berggren K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3310199 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Berggren Kristina K Vindebro Reine R Bergström Claes C Spoerry Christian C Persson Helena H Fex Tomas T Kihlberg Jan J von Pawel-Rammingen Ulrich U Luthman Kristina K
Journal of medicinal chemistry 20120314 6
A series of eight peptides corresponding to the amino acid sequence of the hinge region of IgG and 17 newly synthesized peptide analogues containing a piperidine moiety as a replacement of a glycine residue were tested as potential inhibitors of the bacterial IgG degrading enzyme of Streptococcus pyogenes , IdeS. None of the peptides showed any inhibitory activity of IdeS, but several piperidine-based analogues were identified as inhibitors. Two different analysis methods were used: an SDS-PAGE ...[more]