Thymosin alpha 1 inserts N terminus into model membranes assuming a helical conformation.
Nepravishta, R., Mandaliti, W., Eliseo, T., Sinibaldi Vallebona, P., Pica, F., Garaci, E., Paci, M.(2015) Expert Opin Biol Ther 15 Suppl 1: 71-81
- PubMed: 25642593 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1517/14712598.2015.1009034
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2MNQ - PubMed Abstract: 
Thymosin α1 (Tα1) is a peptide hormone whose therapeutic application has been approved in several diseases, but the description of a precise receptor for its therapeutic action still remains elusive and some knowledge of the mechanism of interaction with the cell membrane still needs to be clarified. This work is aimed at studying the folding and interaction of Tα1, which is completely unstructured in water solution, with model membranes.
Organizational Affiliation: 
University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies , Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome , Italy paci@uniroma2.it.