A database of hormones and their receptors |
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HMRbase accession number | 10016 |
Swiss-prot Accession number | P13189 (Sequence in FASTA format) |
Description | Glucagon. |
Source organism | Callorhynchus milii (Elephant shark) (Elephantfish) |
Taxonomical Classification | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Chondrichthyes;Holocephali; Chimaeriformes; Callorhinchidae; Callorhinchus. |
Subcellular location | Secreted |
Developmental Stage | N/A |
Similarity | Belongs to the glucagon family. |
Tissue Specificity | N/A |
Post translational modification | N/A |
Function | Glucagon plays a key role in glucose metabolism and homeostasis. Regulates blood glucose by increasing gluconeogenesis and decreasing glycolysis |
Protein Length | 29 Amino acids |
Molecular weight | 3443 |
References | 1 PubMed abstract 2690815 |
Domain Name | Hormone_2 |
Hormone Name | Glucagon |
Mature Hormone Sequence | HSEGTFSSDYSKYLDSRRAKDFVQWLMST |
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein | 29 Residues from position (1-29) |
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 |