title: Use of new synthetic substrates for assays of cathepsin L and cathepsin B.
abstract: Efficient methods were developed for synthesizing synthetic substrates for assays of cathepsin B and cathepsin L. Several 2-naphthylamide compounds with a blocked NH2-terminus, Suc-Tyr-Met-NA, beta-Ala-Tyr-Met-NA, and D-Leu-Tyr-Met-NA, were specific and sensitive substrates for cathepsin L and cathepsin B; they were not specific for cathepsin L only, because all of them were also hydrolyzed by cathepsin B. Some kinetic constants for the hydrolyses of these three synthetic substrates by cathepsin B and cathepsin L are given.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002401:Cathepsin B; D056668:Cathepsin L; D002403:Cathepsins / Q000032:analysis*; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D010450:Endopeptidases; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D002403:Cathepsins; D010450:Endopeptidases; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D002401:Cathepsin B; D056668:Cathepsin L; C534280:Ctsl protein, rat