Uses
L-Leucine-β-naphthylamide is used in the synthesis of protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitors. Used as an agent to combat Leishmania major.
Uses
L-Leucine β-naphthylamide has been used as a substrate:
- to measure the activity of aminopeptidase in Escherichia coli
- to evaluate the enzyme activity of cathepsin H from rabbit skeletal muscles
- in the proteolytic assay of L-Leucine aminopeptidase
Definition
ChEBI: An L-leucine derivative that is the amide obtained by formal condensation of the carboxy group of L-leucine with the amino group of 2-naphthylamine.
