hirudin (5465; nonsulfated) (trifluoroacetate salt)

Hirudin (54-65; non-sulfated) is a desulfated peptide fragment of hirudin, an anticoagulant produced byH. medicinalis.1It inhibits fibrin clot formation induced by isolated bovine thrombin with an IC50value of 3.7 μM.2 1.Niehrs, C., Huttner, W.B., Carvallo, D., et al.Conversion of recombinant hirudin to the natural form by in vitro tyrosine sulfation. Differential substrate specificities of leech and bovine tyrosylprotein sulfotransferasesJ. Biol. Chem.265(16)9314-9318(1990) 2.Payne, M.H., Krstenansky, J.L., Yates, M.T., et al.Positional effects of sulfation in hirudin and hirudin PA related anticoagulant peptidesJ. Med. Chem.34(3)1184-1187(1991)

Hirudin 是一种从水蛭中提取的，是一种凝血酶抑制剂，通过抑制 irf2 改善 Gsdmd 介导的细胞焦亡， 可用于研究糖尿病肾病。