 Peptide T

Peptide T is an HIV entry inhibitor discovered in 1986 by Candace Pert, a US neuroimmunologist.Peptide T, and its modified analog Dala1-peptide T-amide (DAPTA), a drug in clinical trials, is a short peptide derived from the HIV envelope protein gp120 which blocks binding and infection of viral strains which use the CCR5 receptor to infect cells.