Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1993, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (11): 1556.

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Proteinase Fluorogenic Substrates Containing 7-Amino-4- methylcoumarin

ZHANG Ruo-Heng1, JIA Shao-Juan1, XU Xiao-Jie1, TANG You-Qi1, YANG Guang-Wei2, NI Yi-Sheng2   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, 100871;
    2. Department of Biology, Peking University, Beijing, 100871
  • Received:1993-02-19 Revised:1993-07-10 Online:1993-11-24 Published:1993-11-24

Abstract: The fluorogenic substrates have been used for the highly sensitive determination of chymotrypsin.The sensitivity is due to the fact that the leaving group, some fluorogenic amine, is highly fluororesent.In the present communication, we wish to report the design, synthesis and kinetic study of a series peptide amide substrates containing 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin.By calculating the enzyme's kcat and Km values for the substrates, the influence of amino acid sequence on the specificity of substrates was studied.Therefore, the best fluorogenic substrates for chymotrypsin, Suc-Ala-Ala-Phe-MCand Sue-Ala-Pro-Phe-MC, were found.

Key words: Fluorogenic substrate, Coumarin, Chymotrypsin

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