Thymosin alpha-1: structure, history and research
Thymosin alpha-1 is a 28-residue peptide first isolated from calf thymus. It is processed from the N-terminus of prothymosin alpha and carries an acetylated N-terminal serine.
History
Allan Goldstein and colleagues isolated it in 1977 (PNAS). Low and colleagues characterized its sequence in 1979 (J Biol Chem), and Wang and colleagues synthesized it soon after.
Chemistry
- Sequence: Ac-SDAAVDTSSEITTKDLKEKKEVVEEAEN-OH
- Molecular formula: C129H215N33O55
- Molecular weight: about 3108.3 g/mol
- CAS: 62304-98-7
Main themes in the literature
- Dendritic cells and TLR signalling. A mouse Aspergillus transplant model (Romani et al., Blood, 2004).
- Recombinant production. N-acetylation in E. coli (Fang et al., 2009).
- Pharmacokinetic engineering. Half-life extension by PASylation, in rats (Binder & Skerra, Int J Mol Sci, 2021).
Not to be confused with
Thymosin beta-4, the parent of the TB-500 fragment, is a different protein from the same original thymus extract. See BPC-157 vs TB-500.
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