Aswanikumar S, Schiffmann E, Corcoran B A, Wahl S M
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1976 Jul;73(7):2439-42. doi: 10.1073/pnas.73.7.2439.
The potencies of N-formylmethionyl (fMet) peptides as chemotactic agents for phagocytes are related to the rates at which they are hydrolyzed. Furthermore, chloromethyl ketones inhibit chemotaxis as do the products of hydrolysis of fMet peptides. The directed migration of cells in response to such peptides is probably brought about by the binding of the peptide to a cell receptor with subsequent cleavage by peptidase specific for aromatic residues, a process that allows the chemical gradient to be detected.
N-甲酰甲硫氨酰(fMet)肽作为吞噬细胞趋化剂的效力与其水解速率有关。此外,氯甲基酮和fMet肽的水解产物一样能抑制趋化作用。细胞对这类肽的定向迁移可能是由肽与细胞受体结合,随后被对芳香族残基具有特异性的肽酶裂解所引起的,这一过程使得化学梯度能够被检测到。