Cyclo(L-Leu-L-Trp) is a diketopiperazine metabolite originally isolated from Penicillium. It is active against various bacteria (MICs = 125-1000 µg/ml) and fungi (MICs = 8-64 µg/ml), and it inhibits the production rate of hydroxy radicals in an electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy-based assay (IC = 1.8 µM). Cyclo(L-Leu-L-Trp) is a bitter tastant that can rapidly permeate rat taste cell membranes ex vivo when used at a concentration of 1 mM. It also acts as a melatonin receptor agonist in X. laevis melanophores, inhibiting cAMP accumulation when used at a concentration of 20 µM, an effect that is blocked by the melatonin receptor antagonist luzindole .
Cyclo(L-Leu-L-Trp) is a cyclic dipeptide that inhibits a various of bacteria and fungi. Cyclo(L-Leu-L-Trp) is a melatonin receptor agonist and is also used as a bitter ligand.
分子式
C17H21N3O2
分子量
299.37
CAS号
15136-34-2
运输条件
Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.
储存方式
-20°C, Sealed storage, away from moisture
* In solvent : -80°C, 6 months; -20°C, 1 month (Sealed storage, away from moisture)