Formula C7H8N2 | Molar mass 120.15 g/mol | |
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Benzamidine is a reversible competitive inhibitor of trypsin, trypsin-like enzymes and serine proteases.
It is often used as a ligand in protein crystallography to prevent proteases from degrading a protein of interest; the triangular diamine group at the bottom gives it a very obvious 'stick-man' shape which shows up in difference density maps. The benzamidine moiety is also found in some pharmaceuticals, like dabigatran.
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