Preferred Name

Tuftsin [Chemical/Ingredient]

Synonyms

Taftsin

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000170318

altLabel

Taftsin

L-Arginine, N2-(1-(N2-L-threonyl-L-lysyl)-L-prolyl)-

L-Threonyl-L-Lysyl-L-Prolyl-L-Arginine

Tuftsin

L-Thr-L-Lys-L-Pro-L-Arg

cui

C0041350

MESH DEFINITION

N(2)-((1-(N(2)-L-Threonyl)-L-lysyl)-L-prolyl)-L-arginine. A tetrapeptide produced in the spleen by enzymatic cleavage of a leukophilic gamma-globulin. It stimulates the phagocytic activity of blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes and neutrophils in particular. The peptide is located in the Fd fragment of the gamma-globulin molecule.

MESH DUI

D014405

MeSH name

Tuftsin

MESH UI

M0022144

NDFRT kind

INGREDIENT_KIND

notation

N0000170318

NUI

N0000170318

prefLabel

Tuftsin [Chemical/Ingredient]

tui

T116

T129

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000169389

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