Thymopentin

Thymopentin

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Systematic (IUPAC) name
L-arginyl-L-lysyl-L-α-aspartyl-L-valyl-L-tyrosine
Identifiers
ATC code	L03AX09 (WHO)
PubChem	CID: 451417
ChemSpider	397640 Y
UNII	O3Y80ZF13F Y
KEGG	D06117 Y
ChEMBL	CHEMBL156025 Y
NIAID ChemDB	000127
Synonyms	(3S)-3-[[(2S)-6-amino-2-[[(2S)-2-amino-5-(diaminomethylideneamino)pentanoyl]amino]hexanoyl]amino]-4-[[(2S)-1-[[(2S)-1-hydroxy-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-oxopropan-2-yl]amino]-3-methyl-1-oxobutan-2-yl]amino]-4-oxobutanoic acid
Chemical data
Formula	C30H49N9O9
Molecular mass	679.76496 g/mol
SMILES O=C(N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)O)Cc1ccc(O)cc1)C(C)C)CC(=O)O)CCCCN)[C@@H](N)CCC/N=C(\N)N
InChI InChI=1S/C30H49N9O9/c1-16(2)24(28(46)38-22(29(47)48)14-17-8-10-18(40)11-9-17)39-27(45)21(15-23(41)42)37-26(44)20(7-3-4-12-31)36-25(43)19(32)6-5-13-35-30(33)34/h8-11,16,19-22,24,40H,3-7,12-15,31-32H2,1-2H3,(H,36,43)(H,37,44)(H,38,46)(H,39,45)(H,41,42)(H,47,48)(H4,33,34,35)/t19-,20-,21-,22-,24-/m0/s1 Y Key:PSWFFKRAVBDQEG-YGQNSOCVSA-N Y
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Thymopentin is an immunostimulant. As such, it has been used in several clinical studies in the early years of the AIDS pandemic (from 1983 to 1985). Thymopentin helped to improve immunological condition in several patients for a brief time under specific treatments.

It interacts with T cells.

It is a thymic polypeptide.