Comparison

Dulaglutide vs Liraglutide

Function

While 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, Liraglutide is approved for type 2 diabetes and weight management, improving glycemic control and inducing weight loss through GLP-1–mediated insulinotropic, glucagonostatic, and appetite-suppressing actions6880.

Mechanism

While Dulaglutide works as 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, Liraglutide is a human GLP-1 analog with a single amino-acid substitution (Lys34→Arg) and a C16 palmitoyl fatty acid attached to Lys26 via a glutamate linker, producing a long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist6880.

Length and Sequence

Dulaglutide is amino acids long, whereas Liraglutide is longer as it has a length of 31 amino acids. Dulaglutide is made up of a sequence of sequence data not available in the current dataset. Liraglutide is made up of a sequence of sequence data not available in the current dataset.

Receptor

Dulaglutide

GLP-1 receptor (GLP1R) 6680

Liraglutide

GLP-1 receptor (GLP1R) 6880

Organism or Origin

Dulaglutide

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

Liraglutide

Synthetic analog of human GLP-16880

Gene

Dulaglutide

GCG

Liraglutide

GCG

Sources

66Dulaglutide | 923950-08-7 - ChemicalBook, https://amp.chemicalbook.com/ChemicalProductProperty_EN_CB12738186.htm?N=United+Kingdom
68Glucagon-like peptide-1 analogues: An overview - PMC, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3712370/
80GLP-1 Localisation and Proglucagon Gene Expression in ..., https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6200298/
68Glucagon-like peptide-1 analogues: An overview - PMC, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3712370/
80GLP-1 Localisation and Proglucagon Gene Expression in ..., https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6200298/