Patent Application: US-70071696-A

Abstract:
the present invention relates to n - substituted derivatives of glutamic acid of pharmaceutical interest , to pharmaceutical compositions which include compounds of the invention and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers , to methods of their preparation , and to their use in purification of interleukin - 1β converting enzyme .

Description:
the following definitions apply to terms used in the description of formula i : &# 34 ; alkyl &# 34 ; is a straight or branched chain of eight or fewer carbon atoms that is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two functional groups selected from oh , nh 2 , och 3 , co 2 h , co 2 ch 3 , conh 2 , ═ o , or cn . &# 34 ; alkenyl &# 34 ; is an alkyl group defined as above with one or two carbon double bonds . &# 34 ; cycloalkyl &# 34 ; is a ring of from three to eight carbon atoms that is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two functional groups selected from oh , nh 2 , och 3 , co 2 h , co 2 ch 3 , conh 2 , ═ o , or cn . &# 34 ;( cycloalkyl ) alkyl &# 34 ; is a straight chain of from one to five carbon atoms which is substituted by a cycloalkyl group as described above . &# 34 ; aryl &# 34 ; is a benzene or naphthyl ring that is unsubstituted or substituted by one to three functional groups selected from ch 3 , cf 3 , f , cl , br , i , no 2 , oh , nh 2 , och 3 , cho , ch 2 oh , co 2 h , co 2 ch 3 , conh 2 , or cn . &# 34 ; arylalkyl &# 34 ; is a straight chain of from one to five carbon atoms which is substituted by an aryl group as describe above . &# 34 ; heterocycle &# 34 ; is an aliphatic or aromatic five or six membered ring , or by an aromatic 5 , 6 - fused or 6 , 6 - fused bicyclic ring bearing one to four atoms selected from n , o , or s . the rings are unsubstituted or substituted by one to three functional groups selected from ch 3 , cf 3 , f , cl , br , i , no 2 , oh , nh 2 , och 3 , cho , ch 2 oh , co 2 h , co 2 ch 3 , conh 2 , or cn . &# 34 ;( heterocycle ) alkyl &# 34 ; is a straight chain of from one to five carbon atoms which is substituted by a heterocycle group as described above . &# 34 ; pharmaceutically acceptable salts &# 34 ; is as described by s . m . berge , et al ., in journal of pharmaceutical science , 1977 ; 66 : 1 - 19 : a ) acid addition salts -- derived from nontoxic inorganic acids such as hydrochloric , nitric , phosphoric , sulfuric , hydrobromic , hydroiodic , phosphorous , and the like , as well as from nontoxic organic acids such as aliphatic mono - and dicarboxylic acids , phenyl - substituted alkanoic acids , hydroxy alkanoic acids , aromatic acids , aliphatic and aromatic sulfonic acids , and the like . b ) base addition salts -- derived from alkaline earth metals including sodium , potassium , magnesium , calcium , and the like , as well as from nontoxic organic amines such as n , n &# 39 ;- dibenzylethylenediamine , n - methylglucamine , chloroprocaine , choline , diethanolamine , ethylenediamine , procaine , and the like . common abbreviations for natural amino acids , common protecting groups , common solvents , and common reagents are as accepted by the journal of organic chemistry . amino acid abbreviations beginning with a capital letter indicate the l - enantiomer and those beginning with a lower case letter indicate the d - enantiomer , e . g ., phe (- phenylalanine ) and phe ( d - phenylalanine ). other abbreviations include : aha ( l - 6 - aminohexanoic acid ), hphe ( l - homophenylalanine ), htyr ( l - homotyrosine ), cha ( l - cyclohexylalanine ), hcha ( l - homocyclohexylalanine ), nle ( l - butylglycine , also known as l - norleucine ), glu cho ! ( 4 - amino - 4 - formyl - butanoic acid ), glu cn ! ( 4 - amino - 4 - cyano - butanoic acid ), dcc ( dicyclohexylcarbodiimide ), dic ( diisopropylcarbodiimide ), edac ( ethyldimethyl - aminopropylcarbodiimide hydrochloride ), hobt ( 1 - hydroxybenzotriazole hydrate ), amc ( 7 - amino - 4 - methylcoumarin ), mbha resin ( methylbenzhydrylamine resin ), bop reagent ( benzotriazol - 1 - yloxy - tris ( dimethylamino )- phosphonium hexafluorophosphate . compounds of the invention contain one or more chiral centers . structures and compound names lacking a specific stereochemical definition define all possible stereoisomers . r 2 is a tripeptide of the formula ## str8 ## a dipeptide of the formula ## str9 ## an amino acid derivative of the formula ## str10 ## or an amide , carbamate , urea , or sulfonamide of the formula r 8 . r 3 is ch 3 , c 2 h 5 , n -- c 3 h 7 , n -- c 4 h 9 ch ( ch 3 ) 2 ch 2 ch 2 co 2 h , ch 2 ch 2 conh 2 , ( ch 2 ) 4 nh 2 , ## str11 ## r 4 is n -- c 3 h 7 , ch ( ch 3 ) 2 , n -- c 4 h 9 , ch 2 ch ( ch 3 ) 2 , ch ( ch 3 ) c 2 h 5 , ch ( ch 3 ) oh , ch 2 ch 2 co 2 h , ch 2 ch 2 conh 2 , or ## str12 ## x 1 and x 2 are each independently h , or ch 3 ; r 5 is ch 2 ph , ch 2 ch 2 ph , ch 2 ( 4 - ho - ph ), ch 2 ch 2 ( 4 -- ho -- ph ); r 6 is ch 3 co , or ## str13 ## r 7 is phch 2 oco , phch 2 ch 2 oco , phch 2 ch 2 co , ph ( ch 2 ) 3 co , phch 2 nhco , phch 2 ch 2 nhco , ( 2 - naphthyl )-- ch 2 co , or ( 2 - naphthyl )- ch 2 ch 2 co ; and r 8 is r 9 co , r 9 oco , r 9 nhco , or r 9 so 2 where r 9 is aryl , arylalkyl , cycloalkyl , ( cycloalkyl ) alkyl , heterocycle , or ( heterocycle ) alkyl . more preferred compounds of the invention are selected from the following list : any of the compounds of formula i which contain a free amino group or a biotinoyl moiety may be utilized in the affinity purification of ice . preferred compounds for use in the affinity purification of ice include compounds listed below : these compounds serve as affinity ligands . they are first complexed to an immobilized avidin such as avidin - sepharose . a crude cell preparation is then equilibrated with the immobilized ligand and eluted with a suitable buffer to remove unbound cellular materials . the column - bound ice is then equilibrated with an excess of soluble ac - tyr - val - ala - glu cho ! and the purified ice is eluted from the column in an inhibited form . compounds of formula i are valuable inhibitors of ice as demonstrated by measurement of k i and k on against ice using the protocol described herein . ice ( 0 . 24 nm ) is added to 400 ul of hgde buffer ( 100 mm hepes , 20 % glycerol , 5 mm dtt , and 0 . 5 mm edta ) containing 250 μm substrate ( ac - tyr - val - ala - asp - amc ; seq . id no . 16 km = 15 μm ). substrate hydrolysis is monitored by observing the fluorescence of released amc using excitation at 380 nm and emission at 460 nm , after linearity of the assay is confirmed , a compound of formula i is added to a final concentration of i != 2 or 4 μm , resulting in slow progressive decrease in the rate of substrate hydrolysis , with steady - state inhibition being achieved . the progress curves are fit to the equation f = f 0 + vf . t +( v i - v f ) ( 1 - exp (- k obs t ))/ k obs , where f 0 is the initial fluorescence , v i and v f are initial and final reaction velocities , and k obs is the pseudo first - order rate of inhibition . k i is calculated as k i = spf . i ! v f /( v i - v f ), where the substrate protection factor ( spf ) is 1 + s !/ k m = 17 . 7 . k on is calculated as spf . k obs / i !. using these methods compounds of the invention can be shown to have k i values in the range of 0 . 5 nm to 50 μm and k on values in the range of 1 × 10 4 to 1 × 10 6 m - 1 s - 1 for inhibition of ice . for example , one compound of the instant invention , ac - tyr - val - ala - seq . id no . 2 glu cho !, gave k i = 1 . 8 nm and k on = 17 , 250 m - 1 s - 1 . similar measurements applied to the reference ice inhibitor , ac - tyr - val - ala - asp cho ! gave k i = 0 . 7 nm seq . id no . 1 and k on = 3 × 10 5 m - s - 1 . the fact that these two molecules give similar k i values is unexpected based on the prior art since comparable substrates with asp and glu in the p - 1 position show glu to be detrimental to cleavage ( p . r . sleath , et al ., j . biological chem ., 1990 ; 265 : 14526 - 14528 and d . k . miller , et al ., ann . n . y . acad . sci ., 1993 ; 696 : 133 - 148 ) and since other , structurally distinct inhibitors show a clear preference for asp analogs over glu analogs ( r . e . dolle , et al ., j . medicinal chemistry , 1994 ; 37 : 563 - 564 and c . v . c . prasad , et al ., bioorganic & amp ; medicinal chemistry letters , 1995 ; 5 : 315 - 318 ). further evidence that compounds of formula i are valuable inhibitors of ice is provided by their ability to inhibit il - 1β production in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( pbmcs ) as described herein . pbmcs are isolated from heparinized blood by centrifugation over a ficoll cushion , then washed three times with phosphate - buffered saline . pbmcs are suspended in a medium containing rpmi 1640 with glutamine , penicillin , streptomycin and 2 % human ab serum , then plated at 10 6 cells per well in 96 - well flat bottom plates . pbmcs are stimulated overnight with 10 ng / ml of lipopolysaccharide ( lps , e . coli strain 0111 : b4 ; calbiochem ) in the presence or absence of a compound of formula i . medium is harvested and the level of mature il - 1β was determined using an elisa kit from r & amp ; d systems . cells were cultured for an additional 4 hours in the presence of 3 -( 4 , 5 - dimethylthiazol - 2 - yl )- 2 , 5 - diphenyltetrazolium bromide ( mtt ) to determine viability . in this assay , the compound of formula i , ac - tyr - val - ala - glu cho !, at a concentration of 100 μm , seq . id no . 2 inhibited the production of mature il - 1β by 90 % relative to the level from control pbmcs treated with lps alone . cell viability after treatment with 100 μm ac - tyr - val - ala - glu cho ! was & gt ; 95 % as measured by the mtt assay . in similar experiments , the reference ice inhibitor , ac - tyr - val - ala - asp cho !, at a concentration seq . id no . 1 of 100 μm , also inhibited the production of mature il - 1β by 90 % relative to control . compounds of formula i may be prepared as outlined in schemes 1 and 2 . although these schemes indicate only a limited range of structures , the methods apply widely to analogous compounds of formula i , given appropriate consideration to the protection and deprotection of reactive functional groups by methods that are standard to the art of organic chemistry according to scheme 1 , the synthesis starts from nα - fmoc - glutamic acid γ - t - butyl ester , 1 , which is converted to a mixed anhydride by treatment with isobutylchloroformate and n - methylmorpholine and subsequently treated with o , n - dimethylamine to afford 2 . reduction of 2 with lah in thf at - 60 ° c ., followed by a mild acid work - up affords the aldehyde 3 which is condensed with the semicarbazide , 4 , to afford 5 and coupled to mbha resin with the bop reagent as described by a . m . murphy , et al ., in j . am . chem . soc ., 1992 ; 114 : 3156 - 3157 to afford 6 . other common polymeric supports and coupling strategies may also be utilized , including those where the semicarbazide moiety is attached directly to the polymer or extended from the polymer by alternate linking groups . the remainder of the synthesis involves the sequential removal of the fmoc group under standard conditions , such as 50 % piperidine , morpholine , or piperazine in dcm or dmf , affording 7 . peptide and amide bonds may be formed by reacting 7 with a carboxylic acid halide or a mixed anhydride and a tertiary amine acid scavenger or alternatively by combining 7 and a carboxylic acid or protected amino acid with a wide variety of coupling reagents that are standard to the art of peptide chemistry . sulfonamides are similarly prepared by reacting 7 with a sulfonyl chloride and tertiary amine . cleavage of the t - butyl ester in 8 by treatment with tfa in dcm gives 9 which is subsequently cleaved from the resin by treatment with formaldehyde and dilute hcl to afford 10 ; a compound of formula i . ## str14 ## according to scheme 2 , the synthesis may also start with nα - fmoc - glutamic α - carboxamide γ - t - butyl ester , 11 , which is dehydrated to the nitrile through the use of a carbodiimide reagent such as dcc , dic , or edac to afford 12 . removal of the t - butyl ester protecting group with tfa in dcm gives 13 which is subsequently coupled to a solid support using a mixed anhydride method such as 2 , 6 - dichlorobenzoyl chloride / pyridine or isobutylchloroformate / n - methylmorpholine in dcm or dioxane solvent to afford 14 . solid supports are those common to solid phase peptide synthesis including , but not limited to , wang resin , merrifield resin , and 2 - chlorotrityl resin . the remainder of the synthesis proceeds in a manner analogous to scheme 1 to afford 17 which are compounds of formula i . ## str15 ## while compounds of formula i may be singly synthesized utilizing an automated peptide synthesizer , they are more rapidly prepared in a multiple parallel fashion utilizing a diversomer apparatus as described by s . dewitt , et al ., in proceedings of the national academy of science , usa , 1993 ; 90 : 6909 and in u . s . pat . no . 5 , 324 , 483 . the compounds of formula i can be prepared and administered in a variety of oral and parenteral dosage forms . it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the following dosage forms may comprise as the active component , either a compound of formula i or a corresponding pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a compound of formula i . for preparing pharmaceutical compositions from the present invention , pharmaceutically acceptable carriers can be either solid or liquid . solid for preparations include powders , tablets , pills , capsules , cachets , suppositories , and easily dispersed granules . a solid carrier can be one or more substances which may also act as diluents , flavoring agents or an encapsulating material . in powders , the carrier is a finely divided solid which is in a mixture with the finely divided active component . in tablets , the active component is mixed with the carrier having the necessary binding properties in suitable proportions and compacted in the shape and size desired . the powders and tablets preferably contain from five or ten to about seventy percent of the active compound . suitable carriers are magnesium carbonate , magnesium stearate , talc , sugar , lactose , pectin , dextrin , starch , gelatin , tragacanth , methylcellulose , sodium carboxymethylcellulose , a low melting wax , cocoa butter and the like . the term &# 34 ; preparation &# 34 ; is intended to include the formulation of the active compound with or without carriers which is surrounded by an encapsulating material . similarly cachets and lozenges are included . tablets , powders , capsules , pills , cachets , and lozenges can be used a solid dosage forms suitable for oral administration . for preparing suppositories , a low melting wax , such as a mixture of fatty acid glycerides or cocoa butter , is first melted , and the active component is dispersed homogeneously therein . the molten , homogeneous mixture in then poured into convenient sized molds , allowed to cool , and thereby to solidify . liquid for preparations include solutions , suspensions , and emulsions . for parenteral injection , liquid preparations can be formulated , for example , by dissolution of the active component in water or in aqueous polyethylene glycol . for oral use , the active component may be dissolved in water or aqueous ethanol and adding suitable colorants , flavors , stabilizing and thickening agents as desired . also for oral use , suspensions can be made by dispersing finely divided active component in water with viscous material , such as natural or synthetic gums , resins , methylcellulose , sodium carboxymethylcellulose , and other well - known suspending agents . also included are solid for preparations which are intended to be converted , shortly before use , to liquid form preparations for oral administration . such liquid forms include solutions , suspensions , and emulsions . these preparations may contain , in addition to the active component , colorants , flavors , stabilizers , buffers , artificial and natural sweeteners , thickeners , solubilizing agents , and the like . the pharmaceutical preparation is preferably in unit dosage form . in such form the preparation is subdivided into unit doses containing appropriate quantities of the active component the unit dosage form can be a packaged preparation , the package containing discrete quantities of preparation , such as packeted tablets , capsules and powders in vials or ampoules . also , the unit dosage form can be the capsules , tablet , cachet or lozenge itself , or it can be the appropriate number of any of these in packaged form . the quantity of active component in a unit dose preparation may be varied or adjusted from 0 . 1 mg to 100 mg according to the particular application and the potency of the active component . the composition can , if desired , also contain other compatible therapeutic agents . in therapeutic use , the compounds utilized in the pharmaceutical method of this invention are administered at the initial dosage of about 0 . 1 mg to about 100 mg per kilogram daily . the dosage may be varied depending upon the requirements of the patient , the severity of the condition being treated , and the compound being employed . determination of the proper dosage for a particular situation is within the skill of the art . generally , treatment is initiated with smaller dosages which are less than the optimum dose of the compound . thereafter , the dosage is increased by small increments until the optimum effect under the circumstances is reached . for convenience , the total daily dosage may be divided and administered in portions during the day , if desired . the following examples illustrate methods for preparing intermediates and final products of the invention . they are not intended to limit the scope of the invention . examples 1 - 6 describe in detail the methods outlined in scheme 1 . to a solution of fmoc - glutamic acid γ - tbu ester ( 8 . 5 g , 20 mmol ) and n - methylmorpholine ( 2 . 0 g , 20 mmol ) in methylene chloride is added isobutylchloroformate ( 2 . 5 g , 20 mmol ) at 0 ° c . under an atmosphereof dry nitrogen . the reaction mixture is stirred at 0 ° c . for 15 minutes followed by the dropwise addition of a solution of n - methyl - o - methylhydroxylamine hydrochloride ( 2 . 05 g , 21 mmol ) and n - methylmorpholine ( 2 g , 20 mmol ) in methylene chloride . the resulting solution is stirred at room temperature overnight and then evaporated under vacuum . the residue is partitioned between water and ethyl acetate and the organic layer washed successively with dilute aqueous sodium bicarbonate , 10 % citric acid , and brine . the organic layer is dried over mgso 4 and evaporated to give crude fmoc - glu -( o - tbu )- n - me ( ome ), 2 , which is purified by flash chromatography . to a solution of fmoc - glu -( o - tbu )- n - me ( ome ) ( 2 . 0 g , 4 . 3 mmol ) in dry ether ( 450 ml ) is added a solution of lah ( 4 . 5 ml , 1m solution in thf ) at - 60 ° c . under an atmosphere of dry n 2 . the reaction mixture isstirred at - 60 ° c . for 15 minutes and quenched at - 60 ° c . by the dropwise addition of an aqueous solution of khso 4 ( 2 g ) in water ( 6 ml ). the reaction mixture is allowed to warm to room temperature , treated with an excess of mgso 4 , and filtered through celite . the filtrate is washed with 1n hcl , dried over mgso 4 , and evaporated to give the crude aldehyde , 3 , which is not purified , but used directly in the next reaction to avoid racemization . the crude aldehyde is dissolved in a solution of the semicarbazide , 4 , ( 1 . 5 g ), in ethanol ( 50 ml ). the reaction mixture is stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes , and the ethanol is evaporated . the residue is partitioned between methylene chloride , and the organic layer is dried over mgso 4 and evaporated togive crude semicarbazide which is purified by flash chromatography . compound 5 is coupled to the resin using the bop reagent as described by a . m . murphy , et al ., in j . am . chem . soc ., 1992 ; 114 : 3156 - 3157 to afford resinbound compound 6 . a mixture of 6 ( 100 mg ) in dmf / piperidine was agitated for 1 hour at room temperature and filtered . the resin was successively washed with dmf , dcm , anhydrous etoh , dcm , and dmf . 7 is added to a dmf solution containing a two - fold excess of ac - tyr - val - ala , edac and hobt ( in molar equivalent amounts ). the resultingsuspension is agitated for 4 hours , the resin is then filtered , rinsed withdmf , and subsequently resubjected to the coupling reaction . filtration and sequential rinsing with dmf , dcm , anhydrous etoh , dcm , and dmf affords 8 . 8 is treated with a 1 : 1 mixture tfa in dcm and agitated for 2 hours at roomtemperature to give 9 which was treated with 1n hcl and 37 % formaldehyde according to the procedure described by a . m . murphy , et al ., in j . am . chem . soc ., 1992 ; 114 : 3156 - 3157 to liberate 10 from the resin . 10 is extracted into ethyl acetate , dried over mgso 4 , and evaporated . __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 16 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : tyrvalalaasp ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 : tyrvalalaglu1 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 3 : tyrxaaalaglu1 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 4 : xaavalalaglu1 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 5 : xaaxaaalaglu1 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 6 : tyrvalalaglu1 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 : tyrxaaalaglu1 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 8 : xaavalalaglu1 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 : xaaxaaalaglu1 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 10 : tyrgluvalglu1 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 11 : tyrgluvalglu1 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 12 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 12 : xaagluvalglu1 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 13 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 13 : xaagluvalglu1 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 14 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 14 : tyrvalalaglu1 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 15 : tyrvalxaaglu1 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 16 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 16 : 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