| abstract |
A poly-amino acid compound capable of inhibiting mineral deposition, which has the structure: poly (X)m(Y)n where each X independently is aspartate, glutamate, glutamine, asparagine, or anionic derivatives of these amino acids, or phosphoserine, each Y independently is a phosphorylated amino acid such as phosphoserine, phosphohomoserine, phosphotyrosine, phosphothreonine, phosphoglutamine, phosphoasparagine, or mixtures of these residues, m is 2 to 150, n is 1 to 3, and n + m is >/= 5, and salts of these peptides. s |