Comparison

Acetyl tetrapeptide-5 vs Dulaglutide

Function

While Acetyl tetrapeptide-5 is used in cosmetic eye formulations to decrease puffiness, eye bags, and dark circles by reducing edema and protecting proteins such as SOD from glycation51150159154, Dulaglutide is a once-weekly GLP-1RA for type 2 diabetes that lowers HbA1c and body weight by enhancing glucose-dependent insulin secretion and reducing appetite6668.

Mechanism

While Acetyl tetrapeptide-5 works as a synthetic tetrapeptide, Ac-βAla-His-Ser-His (Eyeseryl), with reported ACE-1 inhibition and anti-glycation activity, proposed to improve microcirculation and reduce capillary permeability and fluid accumulation in periorbital tissues51150159157, Dulaglutide is a recombinant fusion protein consisting of two disulfide-linked GLP-1(7–37) analogs each covalently fused via a linker to an IgG4 Fc fragment, yielding a large, long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist protected from DPP-4 degradation66.

Length and Sequence

Acetyl tetrapeptide-5 is 4 amino acids long, whereas Dulaglutide is shorter as it has a length of amino acids. Acetyl tetrapeptide-5 is made up of a sequence of βAla, Histidine, Serine, Histidine. Dulaglutide is made up of a sequence of sequence data not available in the current dataset.

Receptor

Acetyl tetrapeptide-5

Acts as an enzyme inhibitor (eg, ACE-1, glycation-related pathways) rather than via a specific membrane receptor51159

Dulaglutide

GLP-1 receptor (GLP1R) 6680

Organism or Origin

Acetyl tetrapeptide-5

Fully synthetic cosmetic peptide (Eyeseryl) 150157

Dulaglutide

Engineered human GLP-1 analog–IgG4 Fc fusion protein produced in mammalian cell culture66

Gene

Acetyl tetrapeptide-5

Not assigned in the current dataset.

Dulaglutide

GCG

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