A database of hormones and their receptors| A database of hormones and their receptors |
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| HMRbase accession number | 10292 |
| Swiss-prot Accession number | Q9MYK8 (Sequence in FASTA format) |
| Description | Prorelaxin precursor (RXN) [Contains: Relaxin B chain; Relaxin Achain]. |
| Source organism | Felis silvestris catus (Cat) |
| Taxonomical Classification | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Mammalia; Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Carnivora; Feliformia; Felidae;Felinae; Felis. |
| Subcellular location | Secreted (By similarity) |
| Developmental Stage | N/A |
| Similarity | Belongs to the insulin family. |
| Tissue Specificity | Expressed by the placenta. Exclusively detected in cells located in the lamellar placental labyrinth and absent from other placental and nonplacental uterine parts |
| 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 | 180 Amino acids |
| Molecular weight | 20360 |
| References | 1 PubMed abstract 9915995 |
| Domain Name | Insulin |
| Hormone Name | Relaxin B chain |
| Mature Hormone Sequence | QEEVLKACGREFVRLQIRICGSLSWG |
| Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein | 26 Residues from position (26-51) |
| Receptor | N/A |
| Gene ID | 493883 |
| PDB ID | N/A |
| Drugpedia | wiki |
| Comments | !Receptor for this Hormone are either unknown or have not yet been curated |