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HMRbase accession number11532
Swiss-prot Accession numberQ28504 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionLeptin;Alternative Name: Obesity factor; Precursor
Source organismMacaca mulatta (Rhesus macaque)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini;Catarrhini; Cercopithecidae; Cercopithecinae; Macaca.
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.
Protein Length167 Amino acids
Molecular weight18953
References1  PubMed abstract 8810296
Domain NameLeptin  
Hormone NameLeptin
Mature Hormone Sequence
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein
ReceptorQ9MYL0   Detail in HMRbase   
Gene ID698728      
PDB IDN/A
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