A database of hormones and their receptors| A database of hormones and their receptors |
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| HMRbase accession number | 10806 |
| Swiss-prot Accession number | P01320 (Sequence in FASTA format) |
| Description | Insulin [Contains: Insulin B chain; Insulin A chain]. |
| Source organism | Camelus dromedarius (Dromedary) (Arabian camel) |
| Taxonomical Classification | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Mammalia; Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Cetartiodactyla; Tylopoda;Camelidae; Camelus. |
| 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 | 51 Amino acids |
| Molecular weight | 5694 |
| References | 1 Danho W.O.; "The isolation and characterization of insulin of camel (Camelusdromedarius)."; J. Fac. Med. Baghdad 14:16-28(1972).
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| Domain Name | Insulin |
| Hormone Name | Insulin B chain |
| Mature Hormone Sequence | FANQHLCGSHLVEALYLVCGERGFFYTPKA |
| Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein | 30 Residues from position (1-30) |
| 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 |