A database of hormones and their receptors| A database of hormones and their receptors |
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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 |