L-Phenylalanine 7-amido-4-methylcoumarin, trifluoroacetate salt, 99%

Fluorogenic substrate for phenylalanine peptidase yielding a blue fluorescent solution upon cleavage. In particular for characterization of an aminopeptidase M-like enzyme from human skeletal muscle. 1. Ishiura S., Yamamoto T., Yamamoto M., Nojima M., Aoyagi T., Sugita H., Human skeletal muscle contains two major aminopeptidases: an anion activated aminopeptidase B and an aminopeptidase M-like enzyme. J. Biochem. 1987, 102, 1023-31. 2. O'Donnell-Tormey J., Quigley J.P., Detection and partial characterization of a chymostatin-sensitive endopeptidase in transformed fibroblasts. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 1983, 80, 344-8.