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SUBMITTER: Meng H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2645917 | biostudies-other | 2008 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Meng He H Krishnaji Subrahmanian Tarakkad ST Beinborn Martin M Kumar Krishna K
Journal of medicinal chemistry 20081101 22
The relative simplicity and high specificity of peptide therapeutics has fueled recent interest. However, peptide and protein drugs generally require injection and suffer from low metabolic stability. We report here the design, synthesis, and characterization of fluorinated analogues of the gut hormone peptide, GLP-1. Overall, fluorinated GLP-1 analogues displayed higher proteolytic stability with simultaneous retention of biological activity (efficacy). Fluorinated amino acids are useful for en ...[more]