amylin   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 687

Abbreviated name: AMY
Comment: Amylin acts as an appetite suppressor. Novo Nordisk have a long-acting amylin mimetic (AM833, NNC0174-0833) in clinical trials with and without semaglutide. AM833 is intended as a treatment for obesity. In the trials it is administered subcutaneously, once-weekly. Preliminary (and as yet unpublished) results from a Phase 2 trial as monotherapy demonstrated weight loss of 10.8% at week 26, meeting the study's primary endpoint (Novo Nordisk press release 18 Jun 2020).
Species: Human
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Peptide Sequence Click here for help
KCNTATCATQRLANFLVHSSNNFGAILSSTNVGSNTY
Lys-Cys-Asn-Thr-Ala-Thr-Cys-Ala-Thr-Gln-Arg-Leu-Ala-Asn-Phe-Leu-Val-His-Ser-Ser-Asn-Asn-Phe-Gly-Ala-Ile-Leu-Ser-Ser-Thr-Asn-Val-Gly-Ser-Asn-Thr-Tyr-NH2
Post-translational Modification
The C-terminal proline is amidated into Pro-NH2 and a disulphide bridge is formed between cysteine residues at positions 2 and 7.