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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2011
Applicant:
Kazuhisa Sugimura, Kogoshima, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhisa Sugimura, Kogoshima, JP;
Assignee:
Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/10 (2006.01); C07K 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a peptide which functions as a mimic peptide of an amyloid β peptide and is capable of inhibiting the fibrillogenesis of an amyloid β peptide. The present invention relates to an 8- to 30-amino acid residue peptide comprising an amino acid sequence represented by the following formula (I): X-Asp-X-X-X-Pro-X-X(SEQ ID NO: 28) (I), wherein Xrepresents a branched chain amino acid, and X, X, X, X, and Xare the same or different and each represents an α-amino acid, and to a pharmaceutical composition and an amyloid β fibrillogenesis inhibitor comprising the peptide.