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| Formula | C21H38N4O8 |
| Molar mass | 474.555 g·mol−1 |
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Amastatin, also known as3-amino-2-hydroxy-5-methylhexanoyl-L-valyl-L-valyl-L-aspartic acid, is anaturally occurring, competitive and reversibleaminopeptidaseinhibitor that was isolated fromStreptomyces sp. ME 98-M3.[1] It specifically inhibitsleucyl aminopeptidase,alanyl aminopeptidase (aminopeptidase M/N),bacterial leucyl aminopeptidase (Aeromonas proteolytica aminopeptidase),leucyl/cystinyl aminopeptidase (oxytocinase/vasopressinase),[2] and, to a lesser extent,glutamyl aminopeptidase (aminopeptidase A),[3] as well as other aminopeptidases.[4] It does not inhibitarginyl aminopeptidase (aminopeptidase B).[5][6] Amastatin has been found to potentiate thecentral nervous system effects ofoxytocin andvasopressinin vivo.[7] It also inhibits the degradation ofmet-enkephalin,dynorphin A, and otherendogenouspeptides.[8]
It contains the unusual amino acidStatine.
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