Dimethylarginine, has hydrophobic methyl groups that interact with lipid tale, and these methyl groups act like "zipper teeth", interdigitating with the lipid bilayer
Hence, a peptide was designed by substituting the negatively charged residues D42, D48, D49, E51, E56, and D57 within the p53 TAD PEP with alanine to increase its binding affinity to FOXO4 FHD and enhance membrane penetration
In research settings it is typically reconstituted to 510 mg/ml again, a much higher concentration than semaglutide
Store reconstituted preparations away from light and extreme temperature variations
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