CHEBI:6426 - leupeptin

ChEBI IDCHEBI:6426
ChEBI Nameleupeptin
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DefinitionA tripeptide composed of N-acetylleucyl, leucyl and argininal residues joined in sequenceby peptide linkages. It is an inhibitor of the calpains, a family of calcium-activated proteases which promote cell death.
Last Modified24 June 2022
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FormulaC20H38N6O4
Net Charge0
Average Mass426.562
Monoisotopic Mass426.29545
SMILES[H]C(=O)[C@H](CCCNC(=N)N)NC(=O)[C@H](CC(C)C)NC(=O)[C@H](CC(C)C)NC(C)=O
InChIInChI=1S/C20H38N6O4/c1-12(2)9-16(24-14(5)28)19(30)26-17(10-13(3)4)18(29)25-15(11-27)7-6-8-23-20(21)22/h11-13,15-17H,6-10H2,1-5H3,(H,24,28)(H,25,29)(H,26,30)(H4,21,22,23)/t15-,16-,17-/m0/s1
InChIKeyGDBQQVLCIARPGH-ULQDDVLXSA-N
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Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Streptomyces exfoliatus (ncbitaxon:1905) - PubMed (9531495) Strain: SMF13
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
Bronsted base  A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Brønsted acid).
Biological Roles:
bacterial metabolite  Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria.
serine protease inhibitor  Any protease inhibitor that restricts the action of a serine protease.
EC 3.4.21.4 (trypsin) inhibitor  An EC 3.4.21.* (serine endopeptidase) inhibitor that interferes with the action of trypsin (EC 3.4.21.4).
cathepsin B inhibitor  A cysteine protease inhibitor which inhibits cathepsin B (EC 3.4.22.1).
calpain inhibitor  An EC 3.4.22.* (cysteine endopeptidase) inhibitor that interferes with the action of any calpain.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
leupeptin (CHEBI:6426) has role bacterial metabolite (CHEBI:76969)
leupeptin (CHEBI:6426) has role calpain inhibitor (CHEBI:82824)
leupeptin (CHEBI:6426) has role cathepsin B inhibitor (CHEBI:64932)
leupeptin (CHEBI:6426) has role EC 3.4.21.4 (trypsin) inhibitor (CHEBI:76940)
leupeptin (CHEBI:6426) has role serine protease inhibitor (CHEBI:64926)
leupeptin (CHEBI:6426) is a aldehyde (CHEBI:17478)
leupeptin (CHEBI:6426) is a tripeptide (CHEBI:47923)
leupeptin (CHEBI:6426) is conjugate base of leupeptin(1+) (CHEBI:192489)
Incoming Relation(s)
leupeptin(1+) (CHEBI:192489) is conjugate acid of leupeptin (CHEBI:6426)
IUPAC Name 
N-acetyl-L-leucyl-N-[(2S)-5-carbamimidamido-1-oxopentan-2-yl]-L-leucinamide
Synonyms  Source
Ac-Leu-Leu-Arg-HChEBI
Ac-L-Leu-L-Leu-L-Arg-HChEBI
N-acetyl-leucylleucylargininalChEBI
N-acetyl-L-leucyl-L-leucyl-L-argininalChEBI
Ac-LLR-HChEBI
Ac-Leu-Leu-argininalChEBI
Manual XrefsDatabases
C01591KEGG COMPOUND
LEUPEPTINMetaCyc
LeupeptinWikipedia
HMDB0254042HMDB
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:2402463Reaxys
Reaxys:24140639Reaxys
CAS:55123-66-5ChemIDplus
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