title: Total synthesis of Trichosanthes trypsin inhibitor and its analogue.
abstract: Trichosanthes trypsin inhibitor (TTI) is a peptide consisting of 27 amino acid residues with three pairs of disulfide bonds. This paper reports the total synthesis and disulfide bond refolding of this inhibitor and its analogue. After purification, the amino acid sequence and stoichiometrical inhibitory activity against trypsin of the synthetic inhibitor were compatible with those of the natural inhibitor. The analogue of this inhibitor in which residue Met in position 6 was replaced by Ala was also synthesized. The antitrypsin activity of this synthetic analogue was also approximate to that of the natural inhibitor.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, Academia Sinica, Shanghai, PRC.
authors.forename: Z F
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Z W
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Qi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; C068347:Trichosanthes trypsin inhibitor; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors