Decapaptide-12

Decapaptide-12 (Lumixyl) is a synthetic 10-amino acid peptide with the sequence YRSRKYSSWY or Tyr-Arg-Ser-Arg-Lys-Tyr-Ser-Ser-Trp-Tyr, which acts to inhibit the synthesis of melanin by blocking the enzyme tyrosinase. It has been investigated for medical uses in treatment of hyperpigmentation disorders such as melasma, and has also been sold off-label as a skin-lightening product.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Decapaptide-12

Identifiers
IUPAC name (2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-6-amino-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoyl]amino]-5-(diaminomethylideneamino)pentanoyl]amino]-3-hydroxypropanoyl]amino]-5-(diaminomethylideneamino)pentanoyl]amino]hexanoyl]amino]-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoyl]amino]-3-hydroxypropanoyl]amino]-3-hydroxypropanoyl]amino]-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoyl]amino]-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid
CAS Number	137665-91-9
PubChem CID	25077748
ChemSpider	17310554
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C65H90N18O17
Molar mass	1395.544 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
SMILES C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=CN2)C[C@@H](C(=O)N[C@@H](CC3=CC=C(C=C3)O)C(=O)O)NC(=O)[C@H](CO)NC(=O)[C@H](CO)NC(=O)[C@H](CC4=CC=C(C=C4)O)NC(=O)[C@H](CCCCN)NC(=O)[C@H](CCCN=C(N)N)NC(=O)[C@H](CO)NC(=O)[C@H](CCCN=C(N)N)NC(=O)[C@H](CC5=CC=C(C=C5)O)N
InChI InChI=1S/C65H90N18O17/c66-24-4-3-9-45(76-55(91)47(11-6-26-73-65(70)71)77-60(96)51(32-84)81-57(93)46(10-5-25-72-64(68)69)75-54(90)43(67)27-35-12-18-39(87)19-13-35)56(92)78-48(28-36-14-20-40(88)21-15-36)58(94)82-53(34-86)62(98)83-52(33-85)61(97)79-49(30-38-31-74-44-8-2-1-7-42(38)44)59(95)80-50(63(99)100)29-37-16-22-41(89)23-17-37/h1-2,7-8,12-23,31,43,45-53,74,84-89H,3-6,9-11,24-30,32-34,66-67H2,(H,75,90)(H,76,91)(H,77,96)(H,78,92)(H,79,97)(H,80,95)(H,81,93)(H,82,94)(H,83,98)(H,99,100)(H4,68,69,72)(H4,70,71,73)/t43-,45-,46-,47-,48-,49-,50-,51-,52-,53-/m0/s1 Key:OYVFAMLECFSFEI-XJHNTGDTSA-N

See also

• Hydroquinone
• Melanotan II