Fellutamide

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Fellutamide

Fellutamide (pronunciation: feh-loo-ta-mide) is a class of peptides that exhibit potent inhibition of the proteasome, a protein complex responsible for degrading unneeded or damaged proteins in the cell.

Etymology

The term "Fellutamide" is derived from the name of the fungus Fellutia, from which it was first isolated, and the suffix "-amide", which is commonly used in organic chemistry to denote a compound containing a carbonyl group (C=O) linked to a nitrogen atom.

Related Terms

  • Peptide: A short chain of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.
  • Proteasome: A protein complex that degrades unneeded or damaged proteins by proteolysis, a chemical reaction that breaks peptide bonds.
  • Inhibition: In biochemistry, an inhibitor is a substance that binds to an enzyme and decreases its activity.
  • Protein: Large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
  • Amino Acid: Organic compounds that combine to form proteins.
  • Enzyme: Proteins that act as biological catalysts (biocatalysts).

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