Chromogenic substrate
AssigneeChromonogenix AB
InventorSalo Arielly
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Abstract
The invention relates to, novel peptide derivatives with the formula: R.sub.1 -A.sub.1 -A.sub.2 -A.sub.3 -A.sub.4 -R.sub.2 or its salt, wherein R.sub.1 =H or a protective group, A.sub.1 =H, Ile, Leu or Val, A.sub.2 =Glu, Asp, Ser, Thr; A.sub.3 =Gly or Glyc; A.sub.4 =Arg or Lys; R.sub.2 =4-nitroaniline with the proviso that A.sub.3 is Gly when A.sub.4 is Lys and that A.sub.3 is Glyc when A.sub.4 is Arg. The invention also discloses the process for the preparation of the peptide derivatives, the method for the determination of the bacterial endotoxins by the use of the invented peptide derivatives and the use of these derivatives for determination of bacterial endotoxins.
Claims8
Peptide derivatives having the general formula:
- R.sub.1 -A.sub.1 -A.sub.2 -A.sub.3 -A.sub.4 -R.sub.2 or its salt
- wherein
- R.sub.1 =H or a protective group
- A.sub.1 =H, Ile, Leu or Val
- A.sub.2 =Glu, Asp, Ser, or Thr
- A.sub.3 =Gly or Glyc
- A.sub.4 =Arg or Lys
- R.sub.2 =is a group that upon enzymatic hydrolysis gives para-nitroaniline (pNA),
- with the proviso that A.sub.3 is Gly when A.sub.4 is Lys and Glyc when A.sub.4 is Arg.
A method for quantitatively determining bacterial endotoxins in a sample which comprises incubating the sample with a Limulus clotting enzyme and a substrate for said enzyme, wherein said substrate is a peptide derivative having the following formula:
- R.sub.1 -A.sub.1 -A.sub.2 -A.sub.3 -A.sub.4 -R.sub.2 or its salt
- where
- R.sub.1 =H or a protective group
- R.sub.1 =H, Ile, Leu or Val
- A.sub.2 =Glu, Asp, Ser, or Thr
- A.sub.3 =Gly or Glyc
- A.sub.4 =Arg or Lys
- R.sub.2 =an aromatic or heterocyclic group which by enzymatic hydrolysis gives a compound R.sub.2 -NH.sub.2 which can be determined quantitatively,
- with the proviso that A.sub.3 is Gly when A.sub.4 is Lys and Glyc when A.sub.4 is Arg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.