-
angiotensin IV). A
heptapeptide has
seven amino acids. (e.g., spinorphin). An
octapeptide has
eight amino acids (e.g.,
angiotensin II). A
nonapeptide has nine...
- Octreotide, sold
under the
brand name
Sandostatin among others, is an
octapeptide that
mimics natural somatostatin pharmacologically,
though it is a more...
-
Agents that
reduce the
excretion of urine, most
notably the
octapeptide vasopressins...
-
decapeptide is
known as
angiotensin I.
Angiotensin I is then
converted to an
octapeptide,
angiotensin II by angiotensin-converting
enzyme (ACE),
which is thought...
-
Likewise it
converts the
inactive decapeptide angiotensin I to the
octapeptide angiotensin II by
removing the
dipeptide His-Leu. ACE is a
central component...
-
decapeptide angiotensin I is
converted to the aldosterone-releasing
octapeptide,
angiotensin II, in the
pulmonary circulation. The
reaction occurs in...
- JM,
Roberts CW,
Katsoyannis PG,
Gordon S (1953). "The
synthesis of an
octapeptide amide with the
hormonal activity of oxytocin". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 75 (19):...
- PAX4, PAX6 and PAX7), a
complete homeodomain to the C-terminus. An
octapeptide as well as a Pro-Ser-Thr-rich C
terminus may also be present. Pax proteins...
- to as metorphamide, is an endogenous, C-terminally amidated,
opioid octapeptide (Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met-Arg-Arg-Val-NH2, YGGFMRRV-NH2) that is produced...
-
marginata are
known as amatoxins.
Amatoxins belong to a
family of
bicyclic octapeptide derivatives composed of an
amino acid ring
bridged by a
sulfur atom and...
