A database of hormones and their receptors |
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HMRbase accession number | 10026 |
Swiss-prot Accession number | P11185 (Sequence in FASTA format) |
Description | Relaxin [Contains: Relaxin B chain; Relaxin A chain]. |
Source organism | Balaenoptera edeni (Pigmy Bryde's whale) |
Taxonomical Classification | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Mammalia; Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Cetartiodactyla; Cetacea;Mysticeti; Balaenopteridae; Balaenoptera. |
Subcellular location | Secreted |
Developmental Stage | N/A |
Similarity | Belongs to the insulin family. |
Tissue Specificity | N/A |
Post translational modification | N/A |
Function | Relaxin is an ovarian hormone that acts with estrogen to produce dilatation of the birth canal in many mammals |
Protein Length | 54 Amino acids |
Molecular weight | 6071 |
References | 1 PubMed abstract 2910872 |
Domain Name | Insulin |
Hormone Name | Relaxin A chain |
Mature Hormone Sequence | RMTLSEKCCQVGCIRKDIARLC |
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein | 22 Residues from position (33-54) |
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 |