A database of hormones and their receptors| A database of hormones and their receptors |
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| HMRbase accession number | 11215 |
| Swiss-prot Accession number | P11184 (Sequence in FASTA format) |
| Description | Relaxin [Contains: Relaxin B chain; Relaxin A chain]. |
| Source organism | Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Minke whale) (Lesser rorqual) |
| Taxonomical Classification | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Mammalia; Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Cetartiodactyla; Cetacea;Mysticeti; Balaenopteridae; Balaenoptera. |
| Subcellular location | Secreted |
| Developmental Stage | N/A |
| Similarity | Belongs to the insulin family. |
| Tissue Specificity | N/A |
| Post translational modification | N/A |
| Function | Relaxin is an ovarian hormone that acts with estrogen to produce dilatation of the birth canal in many mammals |
| Protein Length | 54 Amino acids |
| Molecular weight | 6098 |
| References | 1 PubMed abstract 2910872 |
| Domain Name | Insulin |
| Hormone Name | Relaxin A chain |
| Mature Hormone Sequence | RMTLSEKCCQVGCIRKDIARLC |
| Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein | 22 Residues from position (33-54) |
| 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 |