Patent Abstract:
novel homodimers that include cysteine - containing peptides having 4 - 15 amino acid residues can be administered to modulate the immune response in an animal .

Detailed Description:
the invention will now be described in more detail with the following examples which are not to be construed as limiting the invention . a resin ( 0 . 37 g , 0 . 22 mequiv / g , 81 μmol ) consisting of a crosslinked polystyrene backbone grafted with polyethyleneglycol chains , functionalized with the linker p - hydroxymethylphenoxyacetic acid ( sheppard and williams , 1982 , int . j . peptide protein res ., 20 , 451 - 454 ) and fmoc - ile , from rapp polymere ( germany ) was used for the synthesis . n . sup . α - fmoc amino acids were from bachem ( switzerland ), and cys was protected with a triphenylmethyl ( trt ) group . dmf was distilled before being used . the n . sup . α - fmoc amino acids were coupled to the peptide - resin as 7 - aza - 1 - benzotriazolyl ( hoat ) esters ( carpino , 1993 , j . am . chem . soc . 115 , 4397 - 4398 ). these were prepared , in situ , in the peptide synthesizer from the appropriate n . sup . α - fmoc amino acid ( 0 . 32 mmol ) and hoat ( 65 mg , 0 . 48 mmol ) by addition of dmf ( 0 . 5 ml ) and a solution of 1 , 3 - diisopropyl - carbodiimide in dmf ( 0 . 39 m , 0 . 8 ml , 0 . 312 mmol ). after 45 min bromophenol blue ( flegel and sheppard , 1990 , j . chem . soc ., chem . commun . 536 - 538 ) in dmf ( 0 . 15mm , 0 . 4 ml ) was added to the hoat ester by the synthesizer , and the resulting solution was recirculated through the column . the acylation was monitored ( flegel and sheppard , 1990 , j . chem . soc ., chem . commun . 536 - 538 ) using the absorbance of bromophenol blue at 600 nm , and when the coupling was complete the peptide - resin was automatically washed with dmf . coupling times for different n . sup . α - fmoc amino acids were approximately 30 min . n . sup . α - fmoc deprotection of the peptide resin was performed by a flow of 20 % piperidine in dmf through the column for 12 . 5 min , and was monitored ( dryland and sheppard , 1986 , j . chem . soc . perkin trans . i , 125 - 137 ) using the absorbance of the dibenzofulvene - piperidine adduct at 350 nm . after completion of the n . sup . α - fmoc deprotection the peptide - resin was again washed automatically with dmf . after completion of the synthesis and cleavage of the n - terminal n . sup . α - fmoc group , the resin was washed with dichloromethane ( 5 × 5 ml ) and dried under vacuum . the peptide ( 40 μmol ) was then cleaved from the resin ( 200 mg ), and the amino acid side chains were deprotected , by treatment with trifluoroacetic acid - water - thioanisole - ethanedithiol ( 87 . 5 : 5 5 : 5 : 2 . 5 , 20 ml ) for 2 h , followed by filtration . acetic acid ( 20 ml ) was added to the filtrate , the solution was concentrated , and acetic acid ( 20 ml ) was added again before the solution was concentrated . the residue was dissolved in acetic acid - water ( 4 : 1 , 25 ml ) and the solution was freeze dried . the residue was triturated with ether ( 10 ml ) which gave a solid , crude peptide ( 21 mg ) after drying under vacuum . the peptide was analyzed on a beckman system gold hplc using a kromasil c - 8 column ( 1000 å , 4 . 6 × 250 mm ) and a linear gradient of 0 - 80 % of b in a over 60 min with a flow rate of 1 . 5 ml / min and detection at 214 nm ( solvent systems a : 0 . 1 % aqueous trifluoroacetic acid and b : 0 . 1 % trifluoroacetic acid in acetonitrile ). purification of the crude peptide ( 21 mg ) was performed with the same hplc system on a 20 × 250 mm kromasil c - 8 column with a flow rate of 11 ml / min and gave pure a product ( 8 . 5 mg , 55 %). fab - ms : 389 ( mh + ). the peptides according to examples 2 - 33 were prepared using the same protocol as in example 1 . a solution of the monomer ( 1 . 5 mg / ml , in 50 nm phosphate buffer , ph = 7 . 2 ) containing 5 ppm copper ( ii )- sulphate was stirred at room temperature for 20 hours . the solution was lyophilized and redissolved in water / acetonitrile ( 80 / 20 ) and purified by reverse phase hplc using a vydac c - 18 column ( 5 μm , 4 × 250 mm ). an aqueous solution containing 0 . 1 % trifluoroacetic acid and 5 % acetonitrile was used as a mobile phase . the concentration of acetonitrile was increased linearly to 60 % over a time scale of 25 min . the flow rate was 1 . 5 ml / min and the components were detected with uv at 220 nm . fractions were collected manually and checked with fab - ms . repeated injections were pooled to give a solution of the product which was lyophilized . fab - ms : 1521 ( mh + ). the peptides according to examples 35 - 37 were prepared using the same protocol as in example 34 . the peptide according to example 38 was prepared using the same protocol as in example 1 . the peptide according to example 39 was prepared using the same protocol as in example 34 - 37 . the peptides according to examples 40 - 41 were prepared using the same protocol as in example 1 . to prepare the parallel ( head to head ) homodimer a single peptide chain with an acm ( acetamidomethyl ) protecting group on one of the cysteines and with the other cysteine unprotected ( h - phe - cys - leu - gly - pro - cys ( acm )- pro - oh ) was synthesized using the same protocol as in example 1 . the monomer was dimerized through oxidation of the free cysteines using the same protocol as in example 2 . the second disulfide bond was accomplished using the protocol of ruiz - gayo ( ruiz - gayo et al , 1988 , tetrahedron letters , 29 , 3845 - 3848 ) in which a onepot deprotection and oxidation of the acm protected cysteine with iodine in 80 % aqueous acetic acid resulted in a crude product which was purified on hplc . to prepare the antiparallel ( head to tail ) homodimer the general procedure of ruiz - gayo was used ( ruiz - gayo et al , 1988 , tetrahedron letters , 29 , 3845 - 3848 ). two single peptide chains each with an acm ( acetamidomethyl ) protecting group on one of the cysteines and with the other cysteine unprotected ( h - phe - cys - leu - gly - pro - cys ( acm )- pro - oh and h - phe - cys ( acm )- leu - gly - pro - cys - pro - oh ) was synthesized using the same protocol as in example 1 . the unprotected cysteines on one of the monomers was activated with dithiopyridine resulting in the s - pyridyl derivative h - phe - cys ( spyr )- leu - gly - pro - cys ( acm )- pro - oh . this derivative was reacted with the second peptide chain resulting in the first disulfide . the second disulfidebond was accomplished using the same protocol as in example 42 with iodine in 80 % aqueous acetic acid which , after purification on hplc , resulted in the final product . the following table 1 lists compounds according to the invention and their identification by fab - ms spectra . table 1______________________________________ex . no . peptide mh . sup .+ ( m / z ) ______________________________________1 h - gly - pro - cys - ile - oh ( seq id no : 1 ) 3892 fmoc - gly - pro - cys - iie - oh ( seq id no : 1 ) 6113 h - gly - pro - cys - gly - oh ( seq id no : 2 ) 3334 h - ala - pro - cys - ala - oh ( seq id no : 3 ) 3615 h - ile - pro - cys - tyr - oh ( seq id no : 4 ) 4956 h - trp - pro - cys - gly - oh ( seq id no : 32 ) 4627 h - phe - gly - pro - cys - ile - oh ( seq id no : 5 ) 5378 h - gly - pro - cys - ile - leu - asn - nh . sub . 2 calcd : 615 . 329 ( seq id no : 6 ) ( exact miss ) found : 615 . 3299 h - leu - leu - phe - gly - pro - cys - ile - oh calcd : 762 . 422 ( seq id no : 8 ) ( exact mass ) found : 762 . 41910 h - leu - leu - phe - gly - pro - cys - ile - oh 762 ( seq id no : 8 ) 11 h - leu - leu - phe - ala - pro - cys - ile - oh calcd : 776 . 438 ( seq id no : 9 ) ( exact mass ) found : 776 . 43812 h - leu - leu - phe - arg - pro - cys - ile - oh 861 ( seq id no : 10 ) 13 h - leu - leu - phe - ile - pro - cys - ile - oh 808 ( seq id no : 11 ) 14 h - leu - leu - phe - asp - pro - cys - ile - oh 819 ( seq id no : 12 ) 15 h - leu - leu - phe - trp - pro - cys - ile - oh 891 ( seq id no : 13 ) 16 h - leu - leu - phe - gly - iie - cys - ile - oh 778 ( seq id no : 14 ) 17 h - leu - leu - phe - gly - pec - cys - ile - oh calcd : 776 . 438 ( seq id no : 15 ) ( exact mass ) found : 776 . 43918 h - ala - val - trp - thr - pro - cys - tyr - oh 839 ( seq id no : 33 ) 19 h - tyr - phe - tyr - thr - pec - cys - phe - oh 954 ( seq id no : 16 ) 20 h - phe - val - met - ala - pro - cys - phe - oh 814 ( seq id no : 17 ) 21 h - leu - leu - tyr - ser - pro - cys - phe - oh 842 ( seq id no : 18 ) 22 h - ile - ser - gly - pro - cys - pro - lys - oh calcd : 701 . 384 ( seq id no : 19 ) ( exact mass ) found : 701 . 38623 h - phe - leu - phe - gly - pro - cys - ile - oh 796 ( seq id no : 20 ) 24 h - leu - phe - gly - pro - cys - ile - leu - nh . sub . 2 calcd : 761 . 438 ( seq id no : 21 ) ( exact mass ) found : 761 . 43725 h - glu - lys - gly - pro - cys - tyr - arg - oh 852 ( seq id no : 22 ) 26 h - leu - leu - phe - gly - pro - cys - ile - leu - oh 875 ( seq id no : 23 ) 27 h - leu - leu - phe - gly - pro - cys - ile - leu - nh . sub . 2 878 ( seq id no : 24 ) 28 h - leu - leu - phe - gly - pro - cys - ile - leu - oallyl 915 . 5 ( seq id no : 23 ) 29 h - leu - leu - phe - gly - pro - cys - ile - leu - asn - nh . sub . 2 988 ( seq id no : 25 ) 30 h - phe - leu - phe - gly - pro - cys - ile - leu - asn - nh . sub . 2 calcd : ( seq id no : 27 ) 1022 . 550 ( exact mass ) found : 1022 . 55131 h - leu - leu - phe - gly - pro - cys - ile - leu - asn - arg - 1517 leu - met - glu - nh . sub . 2 ( seq id no : 28 ) 32 h - phe - leu - phe - gly - pro - cys - ile - leu - asn - arg - 1552 leu - met - glu - nh . sub . 2 ( seq id no : 29 ) 33 fmoc - phe - leu - phe - gly - pro - cys - ile - leu - asn - 1776 arg - leu - met - glu - nh . sub . 2 ( seq id no : 29 ) 34 ## str8 ## 1521 ( homodimer of seq id no : 8 ) 35 ## str9 ## 1682 ( homodimer of seq id no : 18 ) 36 ## str10 ## 775 ( homodimer of seq id no : 1 ) 37 ## str11 ## 3101 arg - leu - met - glu - nh . sub . 2 arg - leu - met - glu - nh . sub . 2 ( homodimer of seq id no : 29 ) 38 h - phe - cys - leu - gly - pro - cys - pro - oh 736 ( seq id no : 30 ) 39 ## str12 ## 734 ( seq id no : 31 ) 40 h - gly - pro - cys - ile - leu - asn - arg - oh 772 ( seq id no : 7 ) 41 h - leu - leu - phe - gly - pro - cys - ile - leu - asn - arg - 1146 oh ( seq id no : 26 ) 42 ## str13 ## 1467 . 7 ( head to head homodimer of seq id no : 30 ) 43 ## str14 ## 1468 ( head to tail homodimer of seq id no : 30 ) ______________________________________ the peptides according to the invention may be administered orally , nasally , rectally , intravenously or by inhalation . the dosage will depend on the route of administration , the severity of the disease , age and weight of the patient and other factors normally considered by the attending physician , when determining the individual regimen and dosage level as the most appropriate for a particular patient . the pharmaceutical preparations comprising the peptides according to the invention may conveniently be tablets , pills , capsules , syrups , powders or granules for oral administration sterile parenteral solutions or suspensions for parenteral administration or suppositories for rectal administration . for the preparation of pharmaceutical preparations containing a peptide according to the present invention in the form of dosage units for oral administration , the active peptide may be admixed with an adjuvant or a carrier , e . g . lactose , saccharose , sorbitol , mannitol , starches such as potato starch , corn starch or amylopectin , cellulose derivatives , a binder such as gelatine or polyvinylpyrrolidone , and a lubricant such as magnesium stearate , calcium stearate , polyethylene glycol , waxes , paraffin , and the like , and then compressed into tablets . if coated tablets are required , the cores , prepared as described above , may be coated with a concentrated sugar solution which may contain e . g . gum arabic , gelatine , talcum , titanium dioxide , and the like . alternatively , the tablet may be coated with a polymer known to the man skilled in the art , dissolved in a readily volatile organic solvent or mixture of organic solvents . dyestuffs may be added to these coatings in order to readily distinguish between tablets containing different active substances or different amounts of the active peptides . for the preparation of soft gelatine capsules , the active substance may be admixed with e . g . a vegetable oil or polyethylene glycol . hard gelatine capsules may contain granules of the active substance using either the above mentioned excipients for tablets , e . g . lactose , saccharose , sorbitol , mannitol , starches ( e . g . potato starch , corn starch or amylopectin ), cellulose derivatives or gelatine . also liquids or semisolids of the drug may be filled into hard gelatine capsules . dosage units for rectal application may be solutions or suspensions , or may be prepared in the form of suppositories comprising the active substance in admixture with a neutral fatty base , or gelatin rectal capsules comprising the active substance in admixture with vegetable oil or paraffin oil . liquid preparations for oral application may be in the form of syrups or suspensions , for example solutions containing a peptide as herein described as the active substance , the balance being sugar and a mixture of ethanol , water , glycerol and propylene glycol . optionally such liquid preparations may contain colouring agents , flavouring agents , saccharine and carboxymethylcellulose as a thickening agent or other excipients known to the skilled man in art . solutions for parenteral applications by injection may be prepared in an aqueous solution of a water - soluble pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the active substance . these solutions may also contain stabilizing agents and / or buffering agents and may involve the use of surface acting agents to improve solubility . they may conveniently be provided in various dosage unit ampoules . the compounds according to the invention may be formulated in pressurised metered dose inhalers or dry powder inhalers for oral or nasal inhalation or in liquid formulations for nebulisation . the active substance is micronised or otherwise processed to a particle size suitable for inhalation therapy ( mass median diameter & lt ; 4 μm ). for pressurised metered dose inhalers the micronized substance is suspended in a liquefied propellant or a mixture of liquefied propellants which also can act as solvents and filled into a container which is equipped with a metering valve . the propellants used may be hydrofluoroalkanes ( hfas ) of different compositions . the most frequent used hfas are tetrafluoroethane ( propellant 134a ) and heptafluoropropane ( propellant 227 ). low concentrations of surfactants such as sorbitan trioleate , lecithin , oleic acid or other suitable substances may be used to improve the physical stability of the preparation . ethanol or other solvents may be used to increase the solubility of the substances in the propellants . the active substance may also be delivered through a portable inhaler device suitable for dry powder inhalation . the active substance may be used alone or be combined with a suitable carrier substance such as lactose , mannitol or glucose . other additives may also be included in the powder formulation by various reasons , such as to increase the stability . the inhaler may be a single dose inhaler with one predispensed dose or a multi dose inhaler in which the dose is created by a metering unit within the inhaler or is delivered from an assembly of predispensed doses . the ability of the peptides according to the invention to modulate immune responses can be illustrated by its efficacy in the animal delayed type hypersensitivity ( dth ) test in mice . both male and female balb / c mice , obtained from bomholtsgaard ( denmark ), were used with a weight of 18 - 20 gram . 4 - ethoxymethylene - 2 - phenyloxazolin - 5 - one ( oxa ) ( england ) and served as the antigen in this test . the mice were sensitized , day 0 , by epicutaneous application of 150 μl of an absolute ethanol - acetone ( 3 : 1 ) solution containing 3 % oxa on the shaved abdomen . treatment with the peptide or vehicle ( 0 . 9 % nacl ) was initiated by oral feeding immediately after sensitization an continued once daily until day 6 . seven days ( day 6 ) after the sensitization , both ears of all mice were challenged on both sides by topical application of 20 μl 1 % oxa dissolved in peanut oil . ear thickness was measured prior to and 24 or 48 hours after challenge using an oditest spring calliper . challenges and measurements were performed under light pentobarbital anaesthesia . the intensity of the dth reactions was expressed according to the formula : t t24 / 48 - t t0 μm units , where t0 , t24 and t48 represent the ear thickness before and 24 or 48 hours after challenge respectively , in individual tests ( t ). the result were expressed as the mean ± s . e . m . the level of significance between means of the groups was obtained by student &# 39 ; s two - tailed t - test . the immunomodulating effect of the peptide is reflected in a significant difference in the increase or decrease in ear thickness as compared to the control . the present invention describes peptides that can be expected to have favorable effects for the treatment of various diseases , affecting the immune system including diseases where an anergy of the immune response , an aberrant immune response or peripheral tolerance to pathogenes or an ineffective host defence by other reasons can be suspected . these type of drugs have an urgent need on the market , instead of or as a complement to present more toxic drugs , for the treatment of many diseases . ______________________________________abbreviations______________________________________pec pipecolic acidac acetylfmoc 9 - fluorenylmethyl carbamatebpoc 1 - methyl - 1 -( 4 - biphenylyl ) ethyl carbamatetrt tritylalloc allyl carbamateboc t - butyl carbamatefab - ms fast atom bombardment mass spectrometrydth delayed type hypersensitivityoxa 4 - ethoxymethylene - 2 - phenyloxazolin - 5 - oneacm acetamidomethyl______________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ # sequence listing - ( 1 ) general information :- ( iii ) number of sequences : 39 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 4 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 :- gly pro cys ile 1 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 4 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 :- gly pro cys gly 1 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 4 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 3 :- ala pro cys ala 1 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 4 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 4 :- ile pro cys tyr 1 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 5 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 5 :- phe gly pro cys ile 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 6 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : other ( b ) location : 6 ... 6 # where xaa at position 6 is &# 34 ; asn - nh2 &# 34 ;- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 6 :- gly pro cys ile leu xaa 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 :- gly pro cys ile leu asn arg 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 8 :- leu leu phe gly pro cys ile 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 :- leu leu phe ala pro cys ile 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 10 :- leu leu phe arg pro cys ile 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 11 :- leu leu phe ile pro cys ile 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 12 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 12 :- leu leu phe asp pro cys ile 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 13 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 13 :- leu leu phe trp pro cys ile 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 14 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 14 :- leu leu phe gly ile cys ile 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : other ( b ) location : 5 ... 5 # where xaa at position 5 is &# 34 ; pipecolic acid &# 34 ;- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 15 :- leu leu phe gly xaa cys ile 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 16 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : other ( b ) location : 5 ... 5 # where xaa at position 5 is &# 34 ; pipecolic acid &# 34 ;- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 16 :- tyr phe tyr thr xaa cys phe 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 17 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 17 :- phe val met ala pro cys phe 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 18 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 18 :- leu leu tyr ser pro cys phe 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 19 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 19 :- ile ser gly pro cys pro lys 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 20 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 20 :- phe leu phe gly pro cys ile 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 21 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : other ( b ) location : 7 ... 7 # where xaa at position 7 is &# 34 ; leu - nh2 &# 34 ;- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 21 :- leu phe gly pro cys ile xaa 1 5 - 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( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : other ( b ) location : 9 ... 9 # where xaa at position 9 is &# 34 ; asn - nh2 &# 34 ;- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 25 :- leu leu phe gly pro cys ile leu xaa 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 26 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 10 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 26 :- leu leu phe gly pro cys ile leu asn arg # 10 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 27 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 9 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : other ( b ) location : 9 ... 9 # where xaa at position 9 is &# 34 ; asn - nh2 &# 34 ;- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 27 :- phe leu phe gly pro cys ile leu xaa 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 28 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 13 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - 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( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 31 :- phe cys leu gly pro cys pro 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 32 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 4 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 32 :- trp pro cys gly 1 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 33 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 33 :- ala val trp thr pro cys tyr 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 34 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 8 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 34 :- leu glu cys gly pro cys phe leu 1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 35 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 8 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - 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# r # 10 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 39 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 8 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 39 :- thr pro pro thr pro cys pro ser 1 5__________________________________________________________________________