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Benzamidine

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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.

References

Benzamidine Wikipedia