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phosphoramidon
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: Proteins which contain carbohydrate groups attached covalently to the polypeptide chain. The protein moiety is the predominant group with the carbohydrate making up only a small percentage of the total weight.
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phosphoramidon [ N-(alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyloxyhydroxyphosphinyl)-L- leucyl-L-tryptophan ]
a membrane metallo-endopeptidase & endothelin-converting enzyme inhibitor; thermolysin inhibitor from culture filtrate of Streptomyces tanashiensis; structure
36357-77-4
*Glycopeptides
Metalloendopeptidases/antagonists & inhibitors
Pharma Action
Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Protease Inhibitors
Arch Biochem Biophys 171(2):727;1975; Biochem Biophys Res Commun 65(1):352;1975; FEBS Lett 101(2):407;1979; J Antibiot (Tokyo) 26(10):621;1973; J Mol Biol 114(1):119;1977; Jpn J Exp Med 48(1):81;1978; Proteases Biol Control: W3 C162N:447;1975
