Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:3.4.16.2 (PCP)
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Bradykinin (BK) (Arg1-Pro2-Pro3-Gly4-Phe5-Ser6-Pro7-Phe8-Arg9) was degraded by rat brain synaptic membranes at a rate comparable to that found for Met-enkephalin, but approximately 40 times the rate for vasopressin and oxytocin. The catabolic pathway for BK and its metabolites was elucidated through the use of high performance liquid chromatography for metabolite identification and peptidase inhibitors for blocking specific cleavage sites. BK was hydrolyzed at three sites: at the -Phe5-Ser6- bond by metalloendopeptidase 24.15, at the -Pro7-Phe8- bond by an apparently novel peptidyl dipeptidase, and at the -Phe8-Arg9 bond by a carboxypeptidase B-like enzyme. Each enzyme contributed about equally to BK degradation under the assay conditions used. Some of the resulting metabolites were further hydrolyzed: BK(1-8) to BK(1-7) + Phe by a DFP inhibitable prolyl carboxypeptidase-like enzyme, BK(1-8) to BK(1-5) + BK(6-8) by metalloendopeptidase 24.15, BK(1-7) slowly to BK(1-5) by a second peptidyl dipeptidase which was captopril inhibited, and Phe-Arg to Phe + Arg by a bestatin-inhibited dipeptidase. A number of properties of the individual enzymes were determined including sensitivity to a variety of peptidase inhibitors. These results provide a starting point for investigating the potential physiological role of each enzyme in BK function in the brain.
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PMID:Degradation of bradykinin and its metabolites by rat brain synaptic membranes. 260 54

Several N-allyl derivatives of 1-phenylcyclohexylamine (PCA) were prepared, and their pharmacology was briefly characterized. The mono- and diallyl derivatives had phencyclidine-like activities in mice but were less potent behaviorally than phencyclidine (PCP). None were PCP antagonists. In vitro these compounds were competitive inhibitors of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) and protected against inhibition by DFP. In addition, these agents displaced tritiated N-methyl-4-piperidyl benzilate from mouse-brain homogenates and inhibited the effects of acetylcholine on isolated guinea pig ileum. None of these in vitro effects correlated with their PCP-like behavioral activity in vivo in mice.
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PMID:N-allyl analogues of phencyclidine: chemical synthesis and pharmacological properties. 648 61