Tynorphin

Tynorphin

Systematic (IUPAC) name
(2S)-2-[[(2S)-1-[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-amino-3-methylbutanoyl]amino]-3-methylbutanoyl]amino]-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoyl]pyrrolidine-2-carbonyl]amino]-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid
Clinical data
Legal status	Non-regulated
Identifiers
ATC code	None
PubChem	CID: 9961318
ChemSpider	8136925
Chemical data
Formula	C35H46N6O7
Molecular mass	662.8 g/mol
SMILES CC(C)[C@@H](C(=O)N[C@@H](C(C)C)C(=O)N[C@@H](CC1=CC=C(C=C1)O)C(=O)N2CCC[C@H]2C(=O)N[C@@H](CC3=CNC4=CC=CC=C43)C(=O)O)N
InChI InChI=1S/C35H46N6O7/c1-19(2)29(36)32(44)40-30(20(3)4)33(45)38-26(16-21-11-13-23(42)14-12-21)34(46)41-15-7-10-28(41)31(43)39-27(35(47)48)17-22-18-37-25-9-6-5-8-24(22)25/h5-6,8-9,11-14,18-20,26-30,37,42H,7,10,15-17,36H2,1-4H3,(H,38,45)(H,39,43)(H,40,44)(H,47,48)/t26-,27-,28-,29-,30-/m0/s1 Key:WLWBANYDSJWZBI-IIZANFQQSA-N

Tynorphin is a synthetic opioid peptide which is a potent and competitive inhibitor of the enkephalinase class of enzymes which break down the endogenous enkephalin peptides. It specifically inactivates dipeptidyl aminopeptidase III (DPP3) with very high efficacy, but also inhibits neutral endopeptidase (NEP), aminopeptidase N (APN), and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) to a lesser extent. It has a pentapeptide structure with the amino acid sequence Val-Val-Tyr-Pro-Trp.

Tynorphin was discovered in an attempt to develop an enkephalinase inhibitor of greater potency than spinorphin.

See also

• Enkephalinase inhibitor