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Semaglutide vs Liraglutide

Semaglutide and liraglutide are distinct acylated GLP-1 analogs. The Library records separate molecular identities for them.

Published: 2026-10-03Library record comparison: 2026-10-03

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Identity side by side

Recorded molecular identities of Semaglutide and Liraglutide
Recorded fieldSemaglutideLiraglutide
Canonical nameSemaglutideLiraglutide
Aliasesnot recordednot recorded
Development codesNN9535; NNC 0113-0217NN2211
CAS910463-68-2204656-20-2
UNII53AXN4NNHX839I73S42A
PubChem CID5684333116134956
Molecular formulaC187H291N45O59C172H265N43O51
Molecular weight (Da)41143751
Sequence length (residues)31not recorded
Terminal modificationsFree N-terminus; Free C-terminal carboxylnot recorded
Structural modificationsAib substitution at position 8; Arg substitution at position 34; Lys26 derivatization with a fatty-diacid-containing side chainnot recorded

Semaglutide: nomenclature notes

PubChem lists NN9535 and NNC 0113-0217 as development identifiers for the semaglutide molecular record.

Liraglutide: nomenclature notes

PubChem lists NN2211 as a development identifier for the liraglutide molecular record.

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Recorded modification details

An aligned one-letter sequence is not recorded for this pair. The stored modification and sequence notes are shown below.

Semaglutide

Terminal modifications
Free N-terminus; Free C-terminal carboxyl
Structural modifications
Aib substitution at position 8; Arg substitution at position 34; Lys26 derivatization with a fatty-diacid-containing side chain
Stored three-letter notation
His · Aib · Glu · Gly · Thr · Phe · Thr · Ser · Asp · Val · Ser · Ser · Tyr · Leu · Glu · Gly · Gln · Ala · Ala · Lys · Glu · Phe · Ile · Ala · Trp · Leu · Val · Arg · Gly · Arg · Gly
Sequence notes
Thirty-one residues in the conventional GLP-1 7-37 numbering this library keeps for every analog built on that scaffold: the first token is His7 and the last is Gly37, so a position number in this entry is the array index plus six, and Lys26 is the twentieth token. NO one-letter string is published here. Position 8 is Aib, 2-aminoisobutyric acid; written as Ala it would name the native residue this analog exists to replace, and any other letter would name a different amino acid again. The backbone is also not the whole molecule: the Lys26 side chain is acylated through two AEEA spacers and a gamma-L-glutamyl unit to a C18 dicarboxylic fatty acid. Summing the thirty-one residues with Aib at position 8 and Arg at position 34, removing thirty waters, then adding two AEEA units, one glutamyl unit and octadecanedioic acid less the four waters of the four amide bonds, gives C187H291N45O59 and an average mass of 4113.64 Da, reproducing the recorded formula exactly and the recorded mass to 0.36 Da. Against the machine-verified GLP-1(7-37) entry that backbone differs by exactly CH2 and N2 — the Aib8 and Arg34 substitutions, and nothing else. That arithmetic is the identity check this record rests on; the automated sequence verifier cannot reach it, because Aib and the acyl side chain are both outside its derivation model.

Liraglutide

Terminal modifications
not recorded
Structural modifications
not recorded

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Recorded mechanisms

These lists show the links recorded in each monograph. An unlisted link does not establish its absence from the molecule’s biology.

Recorded only for Semaglutide

not recorded

Recorded only for Liraglutide

not recorded

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Recorded compound classes

Shared recorded links

Recorded only for Semaglutide

not recorded

Recorded only for Liraglutide

not recorded

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References for the relationship

  1. Discovery of the Once-Weekly Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Analogue Semaglutide.

    Lau J, Bloch P, Schäffer L, Pettersson I, Spetzler J, Kofoed J, Madsen K, Knudsen LB, McGuire J, Steensgaard DB, Strauss HM, Gram DX, Knudsen SM, Nielsen FS, Thygesen P, Reedtz-Runge S, Kruse T

    Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2015-09-11 · Journal Article

    current
  2. The arcuate nucleus mediates GLP-1 receptor agonist liraglutide-dependent weight loss.

    Secher A, Jelsing J, Baquero AF, Hecksher-Sørensen J, Cowley MA, Dalbøge LS, Hansen G, Grove KL, Pyke C, Raun K, Schäffer L, Tang-Christensen M, Verma S, Witgen BM, Vrang N, Bjerre Knudsen L

    The Journal of clinical investigation · 2014-09-09 · Journal Article

    current

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