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HMRbase accession number10144
Swiss-prot Accession numberQ659Q8 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionSomatotropin precursor (Growth hormone).
Source organismBalaenoptera physalus (Finback whale) (Common rorqual)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Mammalia; Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Cetartiodactyla; Cetacea;Mysticeti; Balaenopteridae; Balaenoptera.
Subcellular locationSecreted protein (By similarity)
Developmental StageN/A
Similarity Belongs to the somatotropin/prolactin family.
Tissue SpecificityN/A
Post translational modification N/A
FunctionPlays an important role in growth control. Its major role in stimulating body growth is to stimulate the liver and other tissues to secrete IGF-1. It stimulates both the differentiation and proliferation of myoblasts. It also stimulates amino acid uptake and protein synthesis in muscle and other tissues
Protein Length216 Amino acids
Molecular weight24479
References1   Wallis O.C., Maniou Z., Wallis M.; "Cloning and characterization of the gene encoding pituitary growthhormone in the finback whale (Balaenoptera physalus)."; Submitted (SEP-2004) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
Domain NameHormone_1  
Hormone NameSomatotropin
Mature Hormone SequenceFPAMPLSSLFANAVLRAQHLHQLAADTYKEFERAYIPEGQRYSIQNAQAAFCFSETIPAPTGKDEAQQRSDVELLRFSLLLIQSWLGPVQFLSRVFTNSLVFGTSDRVYEKLKDLEEGIQALMRELEDGSPRAGQILKQTYDKFDTNMRSDDALLKNYGLLSCFKKDLHKAETYLRVMKCRRFVESSCAF
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein190 Residues from position (27-216)
ReceptorN/A
Gene IDN/A
PDB IDN/A
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Comments!Receptor for this Hormone are either unknown or have not yet been curated