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. 1986 Mar;83(5):1242–1245. doi: 10.1073/pnas.83.5.1242

The primary structure of rat parathymosin.

T Komiyama, L X Pan, A A Haritos, J W Wideman, Y C Pan, M Chang, I Rogers, B L Horecker
PMCID: PMC323051  PMID: 3456585

Abstract

Parathymosin has been isolated from rat thymus and from rat liver. Its primary structure is reported as follows: (Sequence; see text). The blocking group at the NH2 terminus was identified by mass spectrometry as acetyl. Regions homologous to amino acid sequences in prothymosin alpha were found to be located between residues 14-20, 23-25, 33-39, 41-43, and 83-87 of parathymosin.

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