A database of hormones and their receptors

Peptide Hormone

HMRbase accession number	10187
Swiss-prot Accession number	Q9W7R2 (Sequence in FASTA format)
Description	Insulin precursor [Contains: Insulin B chain; Insulin A chain].
Source organism	Verasper moseri (Barfin flounder)
Taxonomical Classification	Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei;Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Pleuronectiformes;Pleuronectoidei; Pleuronectidae; Verasper.
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	115 Amino acids
Molecular weight	12608
References	1 Andoh T., Nagasawa H.; "Two molecular forms of insulin from barfin flounder, Verasper moseri,are derived from a single gene."; Zool. Sci. 15:931-937(1998).
Domain Name	Insulin
Hormone Name	Insulin B chain
Mature Hormone Sequence	QAVLPPQHLCGAHLVDALYLVCGERGFFYTP
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein	31 Residues from position (23-53)
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