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HMRbase accession number10849
Swiss-prot Accession numberP09476 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionInsulin [Contains: Insulin B chain; Insulin A chain].
Source organismLepisosteus spatula (Alligator gar) (Atractosteus spatula)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Semionotiformes; Lepisosteidae;Lepisosteus.
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 weight5865
References1  PubMed abstract 3311873
Domain NameInsulin  
Hormone NameInsulin B chain
Mature Hormone SequenceAANQHLCGSHLVEALYLVCGEKGFFYNPNKV
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein31 Residues from position (1-31)
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