Peptides are short chains of amino acids joined by peptide bonds. These compounds may be synthetic and are used as signaling ligands, catalysts, imaging agents, and more.
Inhibits trypsin-like proteases and some cysteine proteases. MP Biomedicals' Leupeptin is a modified tripeptide reversible protease inhibitor. Little to no inhibition is seen against pepsin, cathepsins A and D, and alpha-chymotrypsin.