A database of hormones and their receptors| A database of hormones and their receptors |
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| HMRbase accession number | 11044 |
| Swiss-prot Accession number | P06302 (Sequence in FASTA format) |
| Description | Prothymosin alpha [Contains: Thymosin alpha]. |
| Source organism | Rattus norvegicus (Rat) |
| Taxonomical Classification | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Sciurognathi;Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Rattus. |
| Subcellular location | Nucleus |
| Developmental Stage | N/A |
| Similarity | Belongs to the pro/parathymosin family. |
| Tissue Specificity | N/A |
| Post translational modification | Covalently linked to a small RNA of about 20 nucleotides (By similarity). |
| Function | Thymosin alpha1 (Talpha1) is an oligopeptide hormone originally isolated from the thymus gland, and has been reported to have stimulating effects on the differentiation of T cells and NK cells |
| Protein Length | 112 Amino acids |
| Molecular weight | 12382 |
| References | 1 PubMed abstract 3855555 2 PubMed abstract 3377505 3 PubMed abstract 1989881 4 PubMed abstract 15489334 5 PubMed abstract 2269362 |
| Domain Name | Prothymosin |
| Hormone Name | Thymosin alpha |
| Mature Hormone Sequence | SDAAVDTSSEITTKDLKEKKEVVEEAEN |
| Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein | 28 Residues from position (2-29) |
| Receptor | N/A |
| Gene ID | 29222 |
| PDB ID | N/A |
| Drugpedia | wiki |
| Comments | !Receptor for this Hormone are either unknown or have not yet been curated |