The Preparation of Fluorescence-Quenched Probes for Use in the Characterization of Human Factor Xa Substrate Binding Domains

Abstract

The preparation and characterization by LCMS of a library of 55 fluorescence- quenched peptides is described. The peptides bear a terminal anthranilamide fluorophore and a penultimate 2,4-dinitrophenyl-L-lysine quencher, and will be used to probe the substrate binding domain of the human blood coagulation enzyme, factor Xa.

Keywords

• Solid phase peptide synthesis
• parallel synthesis
• fluorescence-quenched substrates
• protease
• factor Xa.