N-Formylmethionine leucyl-phenylalanine

N-Formylmethionine leucyl-phenylalanine
Identifiers
CAS number 59880-97-6
PubChem 443295
ChemSpider 16125628 Y
MeSH N-Formylmethionine+Leucyl-Phenylalanine
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Properties
Molecular formula C21H31N3O5S
Molar mass 437.55 g/mol
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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

N-Formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine is a formylated tripeptide originally isolated from bacterial filtrates that is positively chemotactic to polymorphonuclear leucocytes, and causes them to release lysosomal enzymes and become "metabolically activated" <-(undefined term, please define).[2]

References

  1. ^ n-formylmethionine leucyl-phenylalanine, Cancerweb
  2. ^ N-Formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine, Medical Dictionary Online