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HMRbase accession number | 11032 |
Swiss-prot Accession number | P01262 (Sequence in FASTA format) |
Description | Calcitonin. |
Source organism | Anguilla japonica (Japanese eel) |
Taxonomical Classification | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Anguilliformes; Anguillidae;Anguilla. |
Subcellular location | Secreted |
Developmental Stage | N/A |
Similarity | Belongs to the calcitonin family. |
Tissue Specificity | N/A |
Post translational modification | N/A |
Function | Causes a rapid but short-lived drop in the level of calcium and phosphate in blood by promoting the incorporation of those ions in the bones |
Protein Length | 32 Amino acids |
Molecular weight | 3418 |
References | 1 Noda T., Narita K.; "Amino acid sequence of eel calcitonin."; J. Biochem. 79:353-359(1976).
2 PubMed abstract 10387083 |
Domain Name | Calc_CGRP_IAPP |
Hormone Name | Calcitonin |
Mature Hormone Sequence | CSNLSTCVLGKLSQELHKLQTYPRTDVGAGTP |
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein | 32 Residues from position (1-32) |
Receptor | N/A |
Gene ID | N/A |
PDB ID | 1BKU 1BYV 1BZB |
Drugpedia | wiki |
Comments | !Receptor for this Hormone are either unknown or have not yet been curated |