Patent ID: 7638301

Claim:
An isolated ADAM 10 inhibiting peptide having the functionality of inhibiting ADAM 10 protein activity, the peptide selected from the group consisting of: a. a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:1 beginning at amino acid 1 of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the amino acid at position 151 of SEQ ID NO:1 is an alanine or a serine in the peptide; and b. a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:2 beginning at amino acid 1 of SEQ ID NO:2, wherein the amino acid at position 151 of SEQ ID NO:2 is an alanine or a serine in the peptide; c. a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:3 beginning at amino acid 1 of SEQ ID NO:3, wherein the amino acid at position 151 of SEQ ID NO:3 is an alanine or a serine in the peptide; and d. a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:4 beginning at amino acid 1 of SEQ ID NO:4, wherein the amino acid at position 156 of SEQ ID NO:4 is an alanine or a serine in the peptide.