-
angiotensin II). A
nonapeptide has nine
amino acids (e.g., oxytocin). A
decapeptide has ten
amino acids (e.g., gonadotropin-releasing
hormone and angiotensin...
-
hormone agonist (GnRH agonist). Structurally, it is a
decapeptide. It is the
natural GnRH
decapeptide with two
substitutions to
inhibit rapid degradation...
-
carries out the
conversion of angiotensinogen,
released by the liver, to a
decapeptide called angiotensin I,
which has no
biological function on its own. Angiotensin...
-
laureates Guillemin and Schally,
researchers tried to
modify the GnRH
decapeptide with the
intent to
create analogues that
could activate or
block the...
- of a
dipeptide from the C-terminus.
Likewise it
converts the
inactive decapeptide angiotensin I to the
octapeptide angiotensin II by
removing the dipeptide...
-
luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating
hormone (FSH). It is a
decapeptide (pGlu-His-Trp-Ser-Tyr-D-Trp-Leu-Arg-Pro-Gly-NH2) and a gonadotropin-releasing...
-
injectable gonadotropin-releasing
hormone (GnRH) antagonist. A
synthetic decapeptide, it is used in ****isted
reproduction to
inhibit premature luteinizing...
- range. GnRH
agonists are
synthetically modeled after the
natural GnRH
decapeptide with
specific modifications,
usually double and
single substitutions...
-
which cleaves a
decapeptide (a
short protein chain, 10
amino acids long) from a
plasma α-2-globulin
called angiotensinogen. This
decapeptide is
known as angiotensin...
- by
inhibiting one of
several proteases responsible for
cleaving the
decapeptide Ang I to form the
octapeptide Ang II.
Because ACE is also the enzyme...
