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Metabolic

Amylin

Human islet amyloid polypeptide

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Identity

Class
Metabolic
Molecular weight
3903 Da
Residues
37
Heavy atoms
273
Reference slug
amylin

These are published properties of the molecule, given for identification. Values we cannot confirm are omitted rather than estimated. What these terms mean.

What this compound is

Thirty-seven residues with a small disulfide ring at the front. Pramlintide, also in this library, is this molecule with three prolines substituted in to stop it aggregating, and the two are worth reading together.

Sequence

Amylin amino-acid sequence in one-letter code, numbered by residue position
1KCNTATCATQ RLANFLVHSS NNFGAILSST NVGSNTY
Three-letter code
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

The one-letter code gives the amino-acid backbone. Terminal modifications, where a compound carries them, are accounted for in the molecular weight above but are not visible in the letters.

Residue composition

Counted directly from the sequence above. Amylin is built from 15 of the twenty standard amino acids across 37 positions.

By residue

Count of each amino acid in Amylin
ResidueCodeCountShare
AsparagineN · Asn616.2%
SerineS · Ser513.5%
ThreonineT · Thr513.5%
AlanineA · Ala410.8%
LeucineL · Leu38.1%
CysteineC · Cys25.4%
PhenylalanineF · Phe25.4%
GlycineG · Gly25.4%
ValineV · Val25.4%
HistidineH · His12.7%
IsoleucineI · Ile12.7%
LysineK · Lys12.7%
GlutamineQ · Gln12.7%
ArginineR · Arg12.7%
TyrosineY · Tyr12.7%

By side-chain class

  • Nonpolar, aliphatic

    12 · 32.4%

    A G I L V

  • Aromatic

    3 · 8.1%

    F Y

  • Polar, uncharged

    19 · 51.4%

    C N Q S T

  • Positively charged

    3 · 8.1%

    H K R

Side-chain classes follow the standard grouping of the twenty proteinogenic amino acids. Composition is arithmetic over the published sequence and says nothing about how the molecule behaves.

All 20 compounds in Metabolic

This is a reference entry. Sequence, residue count, molecular weight and atom count are published properties of the molecule, given for identification. Nothing on this page describes an application, benefit, dose, route or outcome, and nothing here should be read as an offer to supply or as guidance for use in a person or an animal. Materials sold by PepXtide are for laboratory research use only, are not for human or animal consumption, and have not been evaluated by the FDA.