A database of hormones and their receptors| A database of hormones and their receptors |
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| HMRbase accession number | 10019 |
| Swiss-prot Accession number | P18108 (Sequence in FASTA format) |
| Description | Glucagon. |
| Source organism | Didelphis marsupialis virginiana (North American opossum) |
| Taxonomical Classification | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Mammalia; Metatheria; Didelphimorphia; Didelphidae; Didelphis. |
| Subcellular location | Secreted |
| Developmental Stage | N/A |
| Similarity | Belongs to the glucagon family. |
| Tissue Specificity | N/A |
| Post translational modification | N/A |
| Function | Glucagon plays a key role in glucose metabolism and homeostasis. Regulates blood glucose by increasing gluconeogenesis and decreasing glycolysis |
| Protein Length | 29 Amino acids |
| Molecular weight | 3456 |
| References | 1 PubMed abstract 2695899 |
| Domain Name | Hormone_2 |
| Hormone Name | Glucagon |
| Mature Hormone Sequence | HSQGTFTSDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMST |
| Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein | 29 Residues from position (1-29) |
| 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 |