Compound class
Amylin and calcitonin receptor agonists
Peptides that engage the calcitonin receptor and the amylin receptor complexes it forms with receptor activity-modifying proteins. Described as amylin analogs, they are not amylin-receptor-exclusive.
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Neutral class definition
Peptides that engage the calcitonin receptor and the amylin receptor complexes it forms with receptor activity-modifying proteins. Described as amylin analogs, they are not amylin-receptor-exclusive.
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Related compounds
Compound
Amylin (human IAPP)
Amylin is the endogenous 37-residue human pancreatic peptide hormone, co-secreted with insulin, from which pramlintide and cagrilintide are both derived.
Human islet amyloid polypeptide · IAPP · hIAPP · Amlintide
Compound
Cagrilintide
Cagrilintide is a long-acting synthetic amylin analog, lipidated and disulfide-cyclized, characterised at the calcitonin receptor and at amylin receptor complexes.
AM833 · AM-833 · NNC0174-0833
Compound
Pramlintide
Pramlintide is an engineered analog of human amylin carrying three proline substitutions, designed to address the aggregation behaviour of the native human sequence.
AC137
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Verified bibliography
- Structural and dynamic features of cagrilintide binding to calcitonin and amylin receptors.current
Cao J, Belousoff MJ, Johnson RM, Keov P, Mariam Z, Deganutti G, Christopoulos G, Hick CA, Reedtz-Runge S, Glendorf T, Ballarín-González B, Raun K, Bayly-Jones C, Wootten D, Sexton PM
Nature communications · 2025-04-10 · Journal Article
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