Comparison

Dulaglutide vs Selank

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, Selank is a peptide developed in Russia as an anxiolytic and nootropic; in animal models it reduces anxiety-like behavior and modulates immune parameters under stress39.

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, Selank is a synthetic heptapeptide, Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg-Pro-Gly-Pro, that combines a tuftsin fragment with a Pro-Gly-Pro motif and is reported to modulate GABAergic neurotransmission and cytokine balance while being resistant to proteolytic degradation39.

Length and Sequence

Dulaglutide is amino acids long, whereas Selank is longer as it has a length of 7 amino acids. Dulaglutide is made up of a sequence of sequence data not available in the current dataset. Selank is made up of a sequence of Threonine, Lysine, Proline, Arginine, Proline, Glycine, Proline.

Receptor

Dulaglutide

GLP-1 receptor (GLP1R) 6680

Selank

Not clearly established in the current dataset.

Organism or Origin

Dulaglutide

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

Selank

Synthetic analog of the IgG-derived tetrapeptide tuftsin39

Gene

Dulaglutide

GCG

Selank

Not assigned in the current dataset.