A naturally occurring copper peptide with roles in wound healing, anti-aging, and tissue remodeling.
Interaction of Cu(II) and Gly-His-Lys, a growth-modulating tripeptide from plasma, was investigated by 13C- and 1H-n.m.r. and e.p.r. spectroscopy. The n.m.r. line-broadening was interpreted in terms of major and minor species formed as a function of…
Optical, electron paramagnetic resonance, and electron spin-echo envelope spectroscopies were used to examine the structure of the Cu(II) complex of glycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysine (GHL) in solution. At neutral pH, GHL forms a mononuclear 1:1 Cu(II) compo…
The ability to induce new formation of capillaries in the cornea was tested for ceruloplasmin, the copper carrier of serum, for fragments of the ceruloplasmin molecule with and without copper, for heparin, and for glycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysine, bound or…
The interaction between Cu(II) and the growth-modulating tripeptide glycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysine in the presence and absence of L-histidine was investigated by potentiometric titration and visible-absorption spectrophotometry at 25 degrees C in 0.15 M-…
Primary cultures of rat thyroid cells were made in medium supplemented with 0.1--0.5% calf serum and containing six hormones or growth factors: insulin, thyrotropin, transferrin, hydrocortisone, somatostatin, and glycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysine acetate. T…
The growth promoting activity of a synthesis tripeptide, glycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysine (GHL) as a possible serum substitute was determined using human KB cells. GHL was found to stimulate the growth of human KB, and HeLa cells, but not WI-38 cells when…
Proton magnetic resonance studies of the acid-base chemistry of the glycyl ammonium, histidyl imidazolium, and lysyl ammonium groups of glycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysine and of the glycyl ammonium and histidyl imidazolium groups of glycyl-L-histidine and gl…