A database of hormones and their receptors

Peptide Hormone

HMRbase accession number	10816
Swiss-prot Accession number	P01327 (Sequence in FASTA format)
Description	Insulin precursor [Contains: Insulin B chain; Insulin A chain].
Source organism	Chinchilla brevicaudata (Chinchilla)
Taxonomical Classification	Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia;Hystricognathi; Chinchillidae; Chinchilla.
Subcellular location	Secreted
Developmental Stage	N/A
Similarity	Belongs to the insulin family.
Tissue Specificity	N/A
Post translational modification	N/A
Function	Insulin decreases blood glucose concentration. It increases cell permeability to monosaccharides, amino acids and fatty acids. It accelerates glycolysis, the pentose phosphate cycle, and glycogen synthesis in liver
Protein Length	86 Amino acids
Molecular weight	9470
References	1 PubMed abstract 1175610 2 PubMed abstract 808541
Domain Name	Insulin
Hormone Name	Insulin B chain
Mature Hormone Sequence	FVNKHLCGSHLVDALYLVCGDRGFFYTPMA
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein	30 Residues from position (1-30)
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