Patent ID: 7491796
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07K

Abstract:
1. A d-form retro-inverted peptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1 (ZElan144), SEQ ID NO:2 (ZElan145), and SEQ ID NO:3 (ZElan146) wherein said peptide binds to a domain of a gastro-intestinal tract transport receptor selected from the group consisting of amino acids 29-273 of human intestinal oligopeptide transporter (HPT1), amino acids 391-571 of human oligopeptide transporter (hPEPT1), amino acids 387-685 of human D2 clone (D2H), and amino acids 272-667 of human sucrase isomaltose (hSI), wherein said peptide is no more than 50 amino acid residues.