A database of hormones and their receptors| A database of hormones and their receptors |
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| HMRbase accession number | 10813 |
| Swiss-prot Accession number | P01329 (Sequence in FASTA format) |
| Description | Insulin precursor [Contains: Insulin B chain; Insulin A chain]. |
| Source organism | Cavia porcellus (Guinea pig) |
| Taxonomical Classification | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia;Hystricognathi; Caviidae; Cavia. |
| Subcellular location | Secreted |
| Developmental Stage | N/A |
| Similarity | Belongs to the insulin family. |
| Tissue Specificity | N/A |
| Post translational modification | N/A |
| Function | Insulin 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 Length | 110 Amino acids |
| Molecular weight | 12187 |
| References | 1 PubMed abstract 3839794 2 PubMed abstract 6591179 3 PubMed abstract 5949593 4 Smith L.F.; "Amino acid sequences of insulins."; Diabetes 21 Suppl. 2:457-460(1972). 5 PubMed abstract 1158864 |
| Domain Name | Insulin |
| Hormone Name | Insulin A chain |
| Mature Hormone Sequence | GIVDQCCTGTCTRHQLQSYCN |
| Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein | 21 Residues from position (90-110) |
| Receptor | N/A |
| Gene ID | N/A |
| PDB ID | N/A |
| Drugpedia | wiki |
| Comments | !Receptor for this Hormone are either unknown or have not yet been curated |