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Metabolic

Obestatin

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Identity

Class
Metabolic
Molecular weight
2547 Da
Residues
23
Heavy atoms
181
Reference slug
obestatin

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

Twenty-three residues cut from the same precursor as ghrelin, from the stretch immediately after it. Named for what it was first reported to do, which later work did not settle.

Sequence

Obestatin amino-acid sequence in one-letter code, numbered by residue position
1FNAPFDVGIK LSGVQYQQHS QAL
Three-letter code
Phe-Asn-Ala-Pro-Phe-Asp-Val-Gly-Ile-Lys-Leu-Ser-Gly-Val-Gln-Tyr-Gln-Gln-His-Ser-Gln-Ala-Leu

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. Obestatin is built from 14 of the twenty standard amino acids across 23 positions.

By residue

Count of each amino acid in Obestatin
ResidueCodeCountShare
GlutamineQ · Gln417.4%
AlanineA · Ala28.7%
PhenylalanineF · Phe28.7%
GlycineG · Gly28.7%
LeucineL · Leu28.7%
SerineS · Ser28.7%
ValineV · Val28.7%
Aspartic acidD · Asp14.3%
HistidineH · His14.3%
IsoleucineI · Ile14.3%
LysineK · Lys14.3%
AsparagineN · Asn14.3%
ProlineP · Pro14.3%
TyrosineY · Tyr14.3%

By side-chain class

  • Nonpolar, aliphatic

    10 · 43.5%

    A G I L P V

  • Aromatic

    3 · 13%

    F Y

  • Polar, uncharged

    7 · 30.4%

    N Q S

  • Positively charged

    2 · 8.7%

    H K

  • Negatively charged

    1 · 4.3%

    D

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.