A database of hormones and their receptors |
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HMRbase accession number | 10857 |
Swiss-prot Accession number | P67968 (Sequence in FASTA format) |
Description | Insulin [Contains: Insulin B chain; Insulin A chain]. |
Source organism | Meleagris gallopavo (Common turkey) |
Taxonomical Classification | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Archosauria; Dinosauria; Saurischia; Theropoda; Coelurosauria; Aves;Neognathae; Galliformes; Phasianidae; Meleagris. |
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 | 5698 |
References | 1 PubMed abstract 5066110 |
Domain Name | Insulin |
Hormone Name | Insulin B chain |
Mature Hormone Sequence | AANQHLCGSHLVEALYLVCGERGFFYSPKA |
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 |