New Synthesized Tri-Peptide as Inhibitor of Krait (Bungarus Sindanus) Venom Acetylcholinesterase

Abstract

In the current study, the cyclopeptide alkaloid discarine D-derived tri-peptides fragments were synthesized and then investigated for their inhibitory potential against krait (Bungarus sindanus) venom acetylcholinesterase (AChE) enzyme. The tri-peptides L-Leu- threo-D-Pheser-L-Phe and L-Leu- threo-L-Pheser-L-Phe were chemically synthesized by a conventional method using the benzyloxycarbonyl group for the alpha-amino (α-amino) safety and the methyl esters an amino acids derivative used for the safety of carboxyl group. The present paper described that the general synthetic strategy of tri-peptide allows the tri-peptide sequence to be acquired with the N-terminal extreme protected. Kinetic studies using the Lineweaver Burk plot indicated that tri-peptides fragments cause an un-competitive type of inhibition i.e. both Km and Vmax values decreased with the increase of tri-peptides fragment concentration (13.5–22.5 µM). The estimated Ki and IC50 for krait venom AChE were found to be 17.5 µM and 19.5 µM, respectively. Thus the present paper, clarified that the freshly produced tri-peptides fragment can be deliberated as a beneficial mediator for the inhibition of krait venom AChE.