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HMRbase accession number11527
Swiss-prot Accession numberQ9N2C1 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionLeptin;Alternative Name: Obesity factor; Precursor
Source organismFelis silvestris catus (Cat)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Mammalia; Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Carnivora; Feliformia; Felidae;Felinae; Felis.
Subcellular locationSecreted (Probable)
Developmental StageN/A
Similarity Belongs to the leptin family.
Tissue SpecificityN/A
Post translational modification N/A
Function May function as part of a signaling pathway that acts to regulate the size of the body fat depot. An increase in the level of LEP may act directly or indirectly on the CNS to inhibit food intake and/or regulate energy expenditure as part of a homeostatic mechanism to maintain constancy of the adipose mass (By similarity).
Protein Length167 Amino acids
Molecular weight18584
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Domain NameLeptin  
Hormone NameLeptin
Mature Hormone Sequence
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein
ReceptorN/A
Gene ID493838      
PDB IDN/A
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Comments!Receptor for this Hormone are either unknown or have not yet been curated