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Updated 2025-12-03. Numbers and descriptions here follow the published literature rather than marketing material.
BPC-157 is a synthetic pentadecapeptide whose sequence is commonly given as Gly-Glu-Pro-Pro-Pro-Gly-Lys-Pro-Ala-Asp-Asp-Ala-Gly-Leu-Val. It is described in the literature as a fragment of a larger protein found in human gastric juice, referred to as body protection compound. The peptide was first characterized in the early 1990s by a research group in Zagreb, Croatia. Its molecular formula is C62H98N16O22 and its monoisotopic mass is approximately 1419 daltons.
Supplied material is typically a lyophilized white to off-white powder. The peptide is freely soluble in water and in common aqueous buffers, which allows it to be handled as a stock solution. Because the sequence contains no cysteine, disulfide cross-linking is not a route of degradation. The absence of aromatic residues means ultraviolet absorbance at 280 nm is minimal, so quantification usually relies on peptide bond absorbance near 214 nm or on amino acid analysis.
Common synonyms in catalogs include pentadecapeptide BPC 157, BPC157, and the full sequence name. A CAS registry number in the 137525-51-0 range is frequently listed, though the assignment should be verified against the supplier certificate of analysis. The name itself is not a pharmacopoeial designation, and there is no standardized international nonproprietary name. Distinguishing genuine material from related fragments generally requires mass spectrometry, since several truncated sequences share similar chromatographic behavior.
BPC-157 is a synthetic peptide of fifteen amino acids, written in single-letter code as GEPPPGKPADDAGLV. The sequence corresponds to a partial fragment of a protein isolated from human gastric juice, described in early reports as body protection compound. The number 157 refers to a fragment designation in that work rather than to molecular mass. Initial descriptions appeared in the early 1990s, when the fragment was reported to protect gastrointestinal tissue in animal models. Commercial material is produced by solid-phase peptide synthesis rather than extracted from biological sources.
Laboratory research on this peptide has examined a wide and heterogeneous set of endpoints, including gastric ulcer models, tendon and ligament injury, wound closure, and intestinal inflammation. Most published findings come from rodent studies, and reported effect sizes are often large relative to controls. Because the compound has been tested across many unrelated injury models, the literature is frequently described as unusually broad for a single peptide. A substantial share of this work originates from a small number of research groups, which matters when assessing how widely results have been reproduced.
Evidence in humans is limited. Small clinical studies have examined the peptide in contexts such as ulcerative colitis and wound healing, but participant numbers are small and independent replication is scarce. It is not approved as a medicine by major regulatory agencies and is distributed mainly as a research material or compounded preparation. Long-term human safety data are not established, and questions about absorption through non-injected routes remain open rather than resolved. Claims about its effects are best read against these gaps.
| Property | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Appearance | White to off-white lyophilized powder | Assessed by visual inspection under ordinary laboratory lighting |
| Molecular mass | Approximately 1419 Da | Monoisotopic mass for the fifteen-residue sequence |
| Solubility class | Freely soluble in water | Stock solutions commonly prepared in water or aqueous buffer |
| Typical storage temperature | -20 °C or below, desiccated | Lyophilized powder; repeated freeze-thaw cycles are usually avoided |
| Common analytical method | Reversed-phase HPLC with UV detection | Frequently paired with mass spectrometry to confirm identity |
Once dissolved, the material is considerably less stable than the dry solid. Aqueous solutions are usually kept cold and used within a short window, and neutral or mildly acidic buffers are preferred over strongly alkaline conditions. Freeze-thaw cycles promote aggregation and loss of material to container surfaces, so dividing a batch into single-use aliquots is standard. Adsorption to plastic and glass can lower the measured concentration, meaning solution strength may need rechecking before an experiment.
Identity and purity are established with complementary methods rather than one test. Reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography separates the main peak from deletion sequences and oxidized variants, and its area percentage is the usual purity figure. Mass spectrometry confirms the expected molecular mass and can flag truncations or modifications that chromatography alone might miss. Amino acid analysis and peptide mapping add sequence-level confirmation, while residual counter-ion and water content are measured separately.
Material of this kind is sold for laboratory research, and labels typically state that it is not intended for human or veterinary use. In many countries it is not an approved medicine, and sports antidoping rules place it among prohibited non-approved substances. Buyers commonly review a certificate of analysis, an independent test report, and the declared storage conditions. Batch-to-batch variation in purity and in counterion content is possible, and how much that variation affects experimental outcomes remains an open question.
Lyophilized peptide is normally kept at minus twenty degrees Celsius or colder, away from light and moisture. Powder held under those conditions is widely treated as stable for long periods, although published stability studies for this exact sequence are sparse and often come from suppliers rather than independent laboratories. Once dissolved, solutions are generally handled cold and used within a short window, because peptide bonds can hydrolyze over time. Repeated freeze-thaw cycles are usually avoided to limit losses, and exact shelf-life figures depend on the buffer and the concentration involved.
Purity is ordinarily reported as a percentage from reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, where the area of the main peak is compared with the total peak area. Identity is confirmed by mass spectrometry, since the measured mass can be checked against the value calculated from the sequence. Some certificates also include amino acid analysis or sequence confirmation by tandem mass spectrometry. A single purity number does not describe the profile of related impurities, so the underlying chromatogram and spectrum usually carry more information than the headline figure.
=== Catabolism === Catabolism is the metabolic reaction which cells undergo to break down larger molecules, extracting energy. There are two major metabolic pathways of monosaccharide catabolism: glycolysis and the citric acid cycle. In glycolysis, oligo- and polysaccharides are cleaved first to smaller monosaccharides by enzymes called glycoside hydrolases. The monosaccharide units can then enter into monosaccharide catabolism. A 2 ATP investment is required in the early steps of glycolysis to phosphorylate Glucose to Glucose 6-Phosphate (G6P) and Fructose 6-Phosphate (F6P) to Fructose 1,6-biphosphate (FBP), thereby pushing the reaction forward irreversibly. In some cases, as with humans, not all carbohydrate types are usable as the digestive and metabolic enzymes necessary are not present.
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=== Maximum depositional age === Some of the most important information we can get from detrital zircon ages is the maximum depositional age of the referring sedimentary unit. The sedimentary unit cannot be older than the youngest age of the analyzed detrital zircons because the zircon should have existed before the rock formation. This provides useful age information to rock strata where fossils are unavailable, such as the terrestrial successions during Precambrian or pre-Devonian times. Practically, maximum depositional age is averaged from a cluster of youngest age data or the peak in age probability because the youngest U-Pb age within a sample is almost always younger with uncertainty.
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==== MeSH D13.444.735 – rna ==== MeSH D13.444.735.130 – rna, algal MeSH D13.444.735.150 – rna, antisense MeSH D13.444.735.150.319 – micrornas MeSH D13.444.735.150.640 – oligoribonucleotides, antisense MeSH D13.444.735.150.700 – rna, small interfering MeSH D13.444.735.300 – rna, archaeal MeSH D13.444.735.473 – rna, bacterial MeSH D13.444.735.476 – rna, chloroplast MeSH D13.444.735.480 – rna, complementary MeSH D13.444.735.490 – rna, double-stranded MeSH D13.444.735.500 – rna, fungal MeSH D13.444.735.520 – rna, helminth MeSH D13.444.735.544 – rna, messenger MeSH D13.444.735.544.355 – codon MeSH D13.444.735.544.355.225 – codon, initiator MeSH D13.444.735.544.355.250 – codon, terminator MeSH D13.444.735.544.355.250.235 – codon, nonsense MeSH D13.444.735.544.500 – rna caps MeSH D13.444.735.544.500.710 – rna cap analogs MeSH D13.444.735.544.527 – rna, messenger, stored MeSH D13.444.735.544.550 – rna splice sites MeSH D13.444.735.544.875 – untranslated regions MeSH D13.444.735.544.875.880 – 3' untranslated regions MeSH D13.444.735.544.875.885 – 5' untranslated regions MeSH D13.444.735.615 – rna, neoplasm MeSH D13.444.735.628 – rna, nuclear MeSH D13.444.735.628.806 – rna, heterogeneous nuclear MeSH D13.444.735.628.818 – rna, small nuclear MeSH D13.444.735.628.818.800 – rna, small nucleolar MeSH D13.444.735.635 – rna, plant MeSH D13.444.735.635.575 – rna, chloroplast MeSH D13.444.735.640 – rna precursors MeSH D13.444.735.650 – rna, protozoan MeSH D13.444.735.686 – rna, ribosomal MeSH D13.444.735.686.650 – rna, ribosomal, 5s MeSH D13.444.735.686.660 – rna, ribosomal, 5.8s MeSH D13.444.735.686.670 – rna, ribosomal, 16s MeSH D13.444.735.686.675 – rna, ribosomal, 18s MeSH D13.444.735.686.680 – rna, ribosomal, 23s MeSH D13.444.735.686.690 – rna, ribosomal, 28s MeSH D13.444.735.686.845 – rna, ribosomal, self-splicing MeSH D13.444.735.721 – rna, satellite MeSH D13.444.735.721.250 – cucumber mosaic virus satellite MeSH D13.444.735.757 – rna, transfer MeSH D13.444.735.757.286 – anticodon MeSH D13.444.735.757.700 – rna, transfer, amino acid-specific MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.050 – rna, transfer, ala MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.075 – rna, transfer, arg MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.085 – rna, transfer, asn MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.090 – rna, transfer, asp MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.200 – rna, transfer, cys MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.400 – rna, transfer, gln MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.410 – rna, transfer, glu MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.420 – rna, transfer, gly MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.450 – rna, transfer, his MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.480 – rna, transfer, ile MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.500 – rna, transfer, leu MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.510 – rna, transfer, lys MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.525 – rna, transfer, met MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.650 – rna, transfer, phe MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.660 – rna, transfer, pro MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.700 – rna, transfer, ser MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.725 – rna, transfer, thr MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.740 – rna, transfer, trp MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.750 – rna, transfer, tyr MeSH D13.444.735.757.700.900 – rna, transfer, val MeSH D13.444.735.757.715 – rna, transfer, amino acyl MeSH D13.444.735.790 – rna, untranslated MeSH D13.444.735.790.099 – micrornas MeSH D13.444.735.790.149 – regulatory sequences, ribonucleic acid MeSH D13.444.735.790.199 – rna, catalytic MeSH D13.444.735.790.400 – rna, guide MeSH D13.444.735.790.530 – rna, small cytoplasmic MeSH D13.444.735.790.537 – rna, small interfering MeSH D13.444.735.790.545 – rna, small nuclear MeSH D13.444.735.790.545.800 – rna, small nucleolar MeSH D13.444.735.790.560 – rna, spliced leader MeSH D13.444.735.790.878 – untranslated regions MeSH D13.444.735.790.878.880 – 3' untranslated regions MeSH D13.444.735.790.878.885 – 5' untranslated regions MeSH D13.444.735.828 – rna, viral
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Antigen presentation is a vital immune process that is essential for T cell immune response triggering. Because T cells recognize only fragmented antigens displayed on cell surfaces, antigen processing must occur before the antigen fragment can be recognized by a T-cell receptor. Specifically, the fragment, bound to the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), is transported to the surface of the antigen-presenting cell, a process known as presentation. If there has been an infection with viruses or bacteria, the antigen-presenting cell will present an endogenous or exogenous peptide fragment derived from the antigen by MHC molecules. There are two types of MHC molecules which differ in the behaviour of the antigens: MHC class I molecules (MHC-I) bind peptides from the cell cytosol, while peptides generated in the endocytic vesicles after internalisation are bound to MHC class II (MHC-II). Cellular membranes separate these two cellular environments - intracellular and extracellular. Each T cell can only recognize tens to hundreds of copies of a unique sequence of a single peptide among thousands of other peptides presented on the same cell, because an MHC molecule in one cell can bind to quite a large range of peptides. Predicting which (fragments of) antigens will be presented to the immune system by a certain MHC/HLA type is difficult, but the technology involved is improving.
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It is a synthetic peptide built from fifteen amino acids, with a mass of roughly 1419 daltons. The sequence is reported to match a fragment of a protein present in human gastric juice. It is not a naturally circulating hormone.
It is normally supplied as a lyophilized powder in a sealed vial. The powder dissolves readily in water, and stock solutions are typically prepared shortly before use. Cold storage is standard laboratory practice.
The letters are generally read as shorthand for body protection compound. That label comes from the original research context rather than from formal nomenclature. No standardized nonproprietary name exists for the peptide.
It is a synthetic fifteen-amino-acid peptide whose sequence matches part of a protein found in human gastric juice. It is made by chemical synthesis, not purified from tissue. The name derives from an early fragment label, not from a molecular weight.