Patent ID: 9670250
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: C07K,H01M,H01R,Y02E

Claim:
1. A composition comprising a peptide, or a salt thereof, wherein said peptide or salt thereof comprises at least one α-helix and the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 65, SEQ ID NO: 66, SEQ ID NO: 67, SEQ ID NO: 68, SEQ ID NO: 69, SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 71, SEQ ID NO: 72, SEQ ID NO: 73, SEQ ID NO: 74, SEQ ID NO: 76, SEQ ID NO: 77, SEQ ID NO: 78, SEQ ID NO: 80, SEQ ID NO: 82, SEQ ID NO: 83, SEQ ID NO: 84, SEQ ID NO: 85, SEQ ID NO: 86, and SEQ ID NO: 88, wherein each amino acid sequence comprises at least two cysteine residues that are covalently connected through an alpha,alpha′-meta-xylylene linker; and wherein the peptide inhibits a cysteine protease comprising calpain.