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Johnson, Peter Keov, Zamara Mariam, Giuseppe Deganutti, George Christopoulos, Caroline A
and Dobrovic, A
Key chemical identifiers of cagrilintide are given below: IUPAC name: 20-[[(1S)-4-[[(2S)-6-amino-1-[[(4R,7S,10S,13S,16S,19R)-4-[[(2S)-1- [[(2S,3R)-1-[[(2S)-5-amino-1-[[(2S)-1-[[(2S)-1-[[(2S)-1-[[(2S)-1-[[(2S)-1-[[(2S)-1- [[(2S)-1-[[(2S)-1-[[(2S)-4-amino-1-[[(2R)-4-amino-1-[[(2S)-1-[[2-[(2S)-2-[[(2S,3S)- 1- [[(2S)-1-[(2S)-2-[(2S)-2-[[(2S,3R)-1-[[(2S)-4-amino-1-[[(2S,3R)-1-[(2S)-2- carbamoylpyrrolidin-1-yl]-3-hydroxy-1-oxobutan-2-yl]amino]-1,4-dioxobutan-2- yl]amino]-3-hydroxy-1-oxopropan-2-yl]amino]-2-oxoethyl]amino]-3-methyl-1- oxobutan-2-yl]amino]-1,4-dioxobutan-2-yl]amino]-3-hydroxy-1-oxobutan-2- yl]carbamoyl]pyrrolidine-1-carbonyl]pyrrolidin-1-yl]-4-methyl-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-3-methyl-1-oxopentan-2-yl]carbamoyl]pyrrolidin-1-yl]-2- oxoethyl]amino]-1-oxo-3-phenylpropan-2-yl]amino]-1,4-dioxobutan-2-yl]amino]- 1,4-dioxobutan-2-yl]amino]-3-hydroxy-1-oxopropan-2-yl]amino]-3-hydroxy-1- oxopropan-2-yl]amino]-3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)-1-oxopropan-2-yl]amino]-5- carbamimidamido-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-4-methyl-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]- 1-oxo-3-phenylpropan-2-yl]amino]-4-carboxy-1-oxobutan-2-yl]amino]-1- oxopropan-2-yl]amino]-4-methyl-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-5-carbamimidamido- 1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-1,5-dioxopentan-2-yl]amino]-3-hydroxy-1-oxobutan-2- yl]amino]-1-oxopropan-2-yl]carbamoyl]-16-(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)-7,13-bis[(1R)-1- hydroxyethyl]-10-methyl-6,9,12,15,18-pentaoxo-1,2-dithia-5,8,11,14,17- pentazacycloicos-19-yl]amino]-1-oxohexan-2-yl]amino]-1-carboxy-4- oxobutyl]amino]-20-oxoicosanoic acid (this expansive name reflects the full amino acid sequence with lipidation)
