Carbazomycin C is a bacterial metabolite that has been found in Streptomyces and has diverse biological activities. It is active against S. aureus, B. anthracis, B. subtilis, and M. flavus, the fungi T. asteroides and T. mentagrophytes, and P. falciparum. It is also active against a panel of five plant pathogenic fungi. Carbazomycin C is cytotoxic to MCF-7, KB, and NCI H187 cells. It also inhibits 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) activity in RBL-1 cell extracts.
Thrombin receptor agonist peptide (TRAP-14) is a 14-amino acid peptide agonist of the α-thrombin receptor. It induces aggregation of washed platelets as well as platelets in citrated and hirudin plasma. TRAP-14 (100 μM) increases the cytosolic calcium concentration in isolated guinea pig pulmonary smooth muscle cells 5-fold over baseline. It increases pulmonary arterial pressure in isolated guinea pig lung when used at a concentration of 1 μM, which is comparable to the effect induced by 10 nM α-thrombin. TRAP-14 also induces contraction of isolated rat aortic rings and increases endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels in a dose-dependent manner, an effect that is reversed by the ETA antagonist BQ-123 and the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor L-NNA .
Orphan GPCR SP9155 agonist P550 (mouse, rat) (26RFa (mouse, rat)) is an orphan GPCR with an orexigenic effect belonging to the RFamide peptide family. It acts as the cognate ligand for the mouse orphan receptor GPR103, which is also known as SP9155 or AQ27.