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HMRbase accession number10180
Swiss-prot Accession numberP81881 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionInsulin [Contains: Insulin B chain; Insulin A chain].
Source organismPiaractus mesopotamicus (Pacu)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Characiformes;Characidae; Piaractus.
Subcellular locationSecreted
Developmental StageN/A
Similarity Belongs to the insulin family.
Tissue SpecificityN/A
Post translational modification N/A
FunctionInsulin decreases blood glucose concentration. It increases cell permeability to monosaccharides, amino acids and fatty acids. It accelerates glycolysis, the pentose phosphate cycle, and glycogen synthesis in liver
Protein Length52 Amino acids
Molecular weight5673
References1  PubMed abstract 10327603
Domain NameInsulin  
Hormone NameInsulin A chain
Mature Hormone SequenceGIVEQCCHKPCSIFDLQNYCN
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein21 Residues from position (32-52)
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