Abstract:
Tricyclic enamine compounds of the formula:
WHEREIN A is oxy, thio, lower alkylimino, or ethylidene; one of X1 and X2 is hydrogen and the other is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkylthio, lower alkanesulfonyl, lower alkylsulfamoyl, di(lower)alkylsulfamoyl, lower alkanoylamino, trifluoromethyl, nitro or amino; X3 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or phenyl(lower)alkyl and Nz is a 5 to 7-membered cyclic amino group. These compounds are useful as psychotropic agents, particularly as tranquilizers.
WHEREIN EACH OF X1 and X2 is hydrogen or halogen; R1 is alkyl, haloalkyl, aralkyl or alkyl substituted with R3 in which R3 is amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino; and R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, aralkyl or alkyl substituted with R3 in which R3 is the same meaning as defined above, provided that either R1 or R2 should be alkyl substituted with R3. These compounds possess potent antireserpinelike activity which makes them useful as an antidepressant.
Abstract:
A process for the production of a-human atrial natriuretic polypeptide (a-hANP) involves firstly culturing a microorganism which has been transformed with an expression vector comprising a synthetic gene encoding the amino acid sequence of a protective peptide-fused a-hANP in a culture medium. Subsequently recovering the protective peptide-fused a-hANP from the culture broth and then removing the protective peptide part from the peptide-fused polypeptide. In addition to the process itself, chemically synthesised genes for a-hANP and protective peptide-fused a-hANP are also described together with the corresponding recombinant vectors and transformants comprising the same. a-hANP is known to be useful as an antihypertensive diuretic agent.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To effectively produce an IGF-I by using a protecting peptide-fused IGF-I as the precursor for production of IGF-I. CONSTITUTION:This protecting peptide-fused IGF-I has a structure in which IGF-I is fused with a protecting peptide composed of a protein peptide having a methionine as the terminal amino acid through the methionine of the protein peptide. This protecting peptide-fused IGF-I has an amino acid sequence preferably represented by the formula and can be obtained by transforming a microorganism using a plasmid containing a gene coding the protecting peptide-fused insulin-like growth factor I, culturing the transformat in a culture medium and collecting the protecting peptide-fused insulin-like growth factor I from the culture solution.