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Leupeptin hemisulfate (CAS 103476-89-7)

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Alternate Names:
Leupeptin hemisulfate also known as N-Acetyl-L-leucyl-L-leucyl-L-argininal hemisulfate salt; Acetyl-leucyl-leucyl-arginal
Application:
Leupeptin hemisulfate is a reversible, competitive protease inhibitor of proteases cathepsin, calpain, and trypsin
CAS Number:
103476-89-7
Molecular Weight:
475.59
Molecular Formula:
C20H38N6O41/2H2SO4
For Research Use Only. Not Intended for Diagnostic or Therapeutic Use.
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Leupeptin hemisulfate is a reversible, competitive protease inhibitor that may act to inhibit cathepsins B, H, L, and S, calpain, and trypsin. It is also a reversible inhibitor of cysteine, serine and threonine proteases that are produced naturally by Streptomyces. Leupeptin hemisulfate has no effect against chymotrypsin, elastase, renin or pepsin. In biochemical research, it is used frequently as a reducing agent in experiments designed to study proteins, enzymes, amino acids and neuropeptides. Leupeptin hemisulfate can also be used as a protein purification tool to prevent proteases present in tissue samples from degrading the protein of interest. Overall, researchers use it to study the effects of protease inhibition on cell metabolism, enzyme activity, gene expression, protein synthesis, protein degradation, and protein folding.


Leupeptin hemisulfate (CAS 103476-89-7) References

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Leupeptin hemisulfate, 5 mg

sc-295358
5 mg
$72.00

Leupeptin hemisulfate, 10 mg

sc-295358C
10 mg
$99.00

Leupeptin hemisulfate, 25 mg

sc-295358A
25 mg
$145.00

Leupeptin hemisulfate, 50 mg

sc-295358D
50 mg
$265.00

Leupeptin hemisulfate, 100 mg

sc-295358E
100 mg
$489.00

Leupeptin hemisulfate, 500 mg

sc-295358B
500 mg
$1399.00

Hi! What is the purity of your leupeptin? Thank you!

Asked by: Stasy
Thank you for your question. The purity is ≥90%.
Answered by: BlakeJ
Date published: 2022-12-15

I used the compound at 10 mg/ml, there are flakes that will not reconstitute no matter what I do. Is there a way to reconstitute it?

Asked by: two2igm05
sc-295358 should be soluble in water up to a concentration of 50mg/mL. Another suggestion is to try sonication.
Answered by: Chemical Support 4
Date published: 2021-07-02
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Rated 5 out of 5 by from Easy order, quick shippingno problems with order, reagent behaves as ordered
Date published: 2022-07-29
Rated 4 out of 5 by from Works well for insect dissectionsWorks well for insect dissections.
Date published: 2015-11-02
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Ganapathi et alGanapathi et al. (PubMed ID 17534624) used the protease inhibitor, Leupeptin hemisulfate, to restore hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in cell suspension cultures. -SCBT Publication Review
Date published: 2015-03-30
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