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A thioamide substrate of carboxypeptidase A.

Carbobenzoxythioglycyl-L-phenylalanine [CbzNHCH2C(==S)Phe, Z-Glys-Phe] was synthesized as thioamide analogue of Z-Gly-Phe, a known substrate of carboxypeptidase A ( CPA). By use of a ninhydrin-based assay and Z-Gly-Gly-Phe as the substrate, Z-Glys-Phe was shown to be a weak competitive inhibitor of CPA (Ki = 1.4 mM). The L isomer (but not the D) of Z-Glys-Phe proved to be a substrate for CPA (Km = 1.1 mM and kcat = 5.3 s-1 at pH 7.5), binding with comparable affinity to, but hydrolyzing at 10% the rate of, the oxo analogue Z-Gly-Phe. The CPA-catalyzed hydrolysis of Z-Glys-Phe was shown to involve only C-N bond cleavage, to give carbobenzoxythioglycine and phenylalanine.[1]

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  1. A thioamide substrate of carboxypeptidase A. Bartlett, P.A., Spear, K.L., Jacobsen, N.E. Biochemistry (1982) [Pubmed]
 
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