Patent number: 5439887
Abstract: A peptide derivative having the formula: ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1 is hydrogen or cysteine residue,X.sub.3 is a cysteine or alanine residue,X.sub.4 is a residue of asparagine, phenylalanine, leucine, isoleucine, alanine, valine, glycine and their homologues in the D series,X.sub.6 is a residue of tryptophan, phenylalanine, leucine, isoleucine, alanine, valine, glycine, serine, lysine, aspartic acid, tyrosine, threonine and their homologues in the D series,X.sub.9 and X.sub.17 are a residue of glutamic acid, aspartic acid, lysine, arginine, tyrosine, leucine and their homologues in the D series,X.sub.11 is a cysteine or alanine residue,X.sub.14 is a residue of tyrosine, phenylalanine, leucine, isoleucine, alanine, valine, glycine, serine, lysine, aspartic acid, threonine and their homologues in the D series,X.sub.21 is hydrogen or a tryptophan or D-tryptophan residue, and the derivatives possessing, where appropriate, one or two disulfide bridges, with the proviso that X.sub.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 10, 1993
Date of Patent:
August 8, 1995
Assignee:
Roussel-Uclaf
Inventors:
Gilles Hamon, Eve Mahe, Dung Le-Nguyen