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HMRbase accession number10293
Swiss-prot Accession numberQ9MYK8 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionProrelaxin precursor (RXN) [Contains: Relaxin B chain; Relaxin Achain].
Source organismFelis silvestris catus (Cat)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Mammalia; Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Carnivora; Feliformia; Felidae;Felinae; Felis.
Subcellular locationSecreted (By similarity)
Developmental StageN/A
Similarity Belongs to the insulin family.
Tissue SpecificityExpressed by the placenta. Exclusively detected in cells located in the lamellar placental labyrinth and absent from other placental and nonplacental uterine parts
Post translational modificationN/A
FunctionRelaxin is an ovarian hormone that acts with estrogen to produce dilatation of the birth canal in many mammals
Protein Length180 Amino acids
Molecular weight20360
References1  PubMed abstract 9915995
Domain NameInsulin  
Hormone NameRelaxin A chain
Mature Hormone SequenceSDYIRYSDRCCNVGCTRKELADLC
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein24 Residues from position (157-180)
ReceptorN/A
Gene ID493883      
PDB IDN/A
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Comments!Receptor for this Hormone are either unknown or have not yet been curated