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HMRbase accession number10869
Swiss-prot Accession numberP04667 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionInsulin precursor [Contains: Insulin B chain; Insulin A chain].
Source organismOncorhynchus keta (Chum salmon)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei;Protacanthopterygii; Salmoniformes; Salmonidae; Oncorhynchus.
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 Length105 Amino acids
Molecular weight11714
References1  PubMed abstract 2757686
2   Sorokin A.V., Skoblov Y.S., Mironov A.A., Zlochevskii M.L.,Dem'Yanova N.G., Rebentish B.A., Kozlov Y.I., Kavsan V.M., Sova V.V.,Debabov V.G.; "Nucleotide sequence of cloned insulin cDNA of Oncorhyncus keta."; Dokl. Biochem. 269:80-83(1983).
3  PubMed abstract 6897724
4   Dem'Yanova N.G., Zlochevskii M.L., Kavsan V.M., Kozlov Y.I.,Petrenko A.I., Polyakova N.E., Prokopenko I.V., Rebentish B.A.,Ryndich A.V., Skoblov Y.S., Sova V.V., Yurin V.L., Yankovskii N.K.,Debabov V.G.; "Cloning of the insulin gene of a fish (Oncorhynchus keta) inEscherichia coli."; Dokl. Biochem. 256:35-38(1981).
5  PubMed abstract 3314270
Domain NameInsulin  
Hormone NameInsulin B chain
Mature Hormone SequenceAAAQHLCGSHLVDALYLVCGEKGFFYTP
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein28 Residues from position (23-50)
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