Peptide YY (PYY) is a 36-amino acid peptide and anorectic gut hormone agonist for the neuropeptide Y receptors Y1, Y2, Y5, and Y6 with EC50 values of 0.7, 0.58, 1, and 0.8 nM, respectively, for supression of forskolin-induced cAMP accumulation. PYY is cleaved in vivo to PYY (3-36) . Release of PYY occurs postprandially in proportion to calorie intake from intestinal enteroendocrine L cells, indicating it may be a satiety signal. In humans, PYY inhibits food intake and gastrointestinal transit in both lean and obese subjects.
Hirudin (54-65; non-sulfated) is a desulfated peptide fragment of hirudin, an anticoagulant produced byH. medicinalis.1It inhibits fibrin clot formation induced by isolated bovine thrombin with an IC50value of 3.7 μM.2 1.Niehrs, C., Huttner, W.B., Carvallo, D., et al.Conversion of recombinant hirudin to the natural form by in vitro tyrosine sulfation. Differential substrate specificities of leech and bovine tyrosylprotein sulfotransferasesJ. Biol. Chem.265(16)9314-9318(1990) 2.Payne, M.H., Krstenansky, J.L., Yates, M.T., et al.Positional effects of sulfation in hirudin and hirudin PA related anticoagulant peptidesJ. Med. Chem.34(3)1184-1187(1991)
Son of sevenless homolog 1 (Sos1) is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) that directs the exchange of Ras-GDP to Ras-GTP by binding to SH3 domains of the growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (Grb2), leading to the activation of ERK. Ras inhibitory peptide is a synthetic peptide that contains the sequence PVPPR, which corresponds to a region within human Sos1 that interacts with an SH3 domain of Grb2. It specifically blocks the interaction of the GEF with Grb2, preventing an interaction that is essential for Ras activation by receptor tyrosine kinases, including epidermal growth factor receptor.
Protein Kinase C Peptide Substrate targets specific cell spacers ina manner that is dependent on second messengers and specific adaptor proteins in response to extracellular signals that activate g protein-coupled receptors, tyrosine Kinase receptors, or
KYL peptide is an EphA4 receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (Kd = 0.8 μM); inhibits EphA4-EphrinA5 interactions (IC50 = 6.34 μM). Prevents AβO induced synaptic damage, dendritic spine loss and prevents the blocking of LTP in hippocampal CA3-CA1 transmissions. Exhibits a long half life in cell culture media (8 and 12 hours in PC3 and C2C12 media respectively). Neuroprotective.
Peptide corresponding to the pp60c-src carboxy terminal regulatory domain; phosphorylated at Tyr527. Binds to pp60c-src and pp60v-src at the SH2 domain, suppressing their tyrosine kinase activity and transforming potential.