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HMRbase accession number10888
Swiss-prot Accession numberP01311 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionInsulin precursor [Contains: Insulin B chain; Insulin A chain].
Source organismOryctolagus cuniculus (Rabbit)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Lagomorpha; Leporidae;Oryctolagus.
Subcellular locationSecreted
Developmental StageN/A
Similarity Belongs to the insulin family.
Tissue SpecificityN/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 Length110 Amino acids
Molecular weight11838
References1  PubMed abstract 8132571
2  PubMed abstract 5949593
3   Giddings S.J., Carnaghi L.R., Devaskar S.U.; Submitted (APR-1991) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
Domain NameInsulin  
Hormone NameInsulin A chain
Mature Hormone SequenceGIVEQCCTSICSLYQLENYCN
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein21 Residues from position (90-110)
ReceptorN/A
Gene ID100009181      
PDB IDN/A
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Comments!Receptor for this Hormone are either unknown or have not yet been curated