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proglucagon

Function: - precursor for - glucagon - glucagon-like peptide 1 - glucagon-like peptide 2 - oxyntomodulin - glicentin - post-translationally processed in a tissue-specific manner in pancreatic A cells & intestinal L cells - in pancreatic A cells, the major bioactive hormone is glucagon cleaved by PCSK2/PC2 - in intestinal L cells PCSK1/PC1 liberates GLP-1, GLP-2, glicentin & oxyntomodulin

General

glucagon; contains: glicentin; glicentin-related polypeptide; GRPP; oxyntomodulin; OXM; OXY; glucagon-like peptide 1; GLP-1; glucagon-like peptide 1(7-37); GLP-1(7-37); glucagon-like peptide 1(7-36); GLP-1(7-36); glucagon-like peptide 2; GLP-2 (GCG) peptide precursor

Properties

SIZE: entity length = 180 aa MW = 21 kD COMPARTMENT: plasma SECRETED-BY: alpha cell WITHIN: islets of Langerhans MOTIF: signal sequence {1-20} proteolytic site PRECURSOR-FOR: glucagon COMPARTMENT: plasma SECRETED-BY: alpha cell WITHIN: islets of Langerhans MOTIF: signal sequence {1-20} proteolytic site {52-53} proteolytic site {83-84} proteolytic site {91-92} proteolytic site {97-98} proteolytic site {130-131} proteolytic site {145-146} glucagon-like peptide 1 COMPARTMENT: plasma SECRETED-BY: endocrine cell WITHIN: intestine glucagon-like peptide 2 COMPARTMENT: extracellular compartment oxyntomodulin COMPARTMENT: extracellular compartment glicentin COMPARTMENT: extracellular compartment

Database Correlations

OMIM 138030 UniProt P01275

References

  1. Holz CG & Habener JF Signal transduction crosstalk in the endocrine system: pancreatic beta-cells and the glucose competence concept. TIBS 17:388 1992 PMID: 1455507
  2. UniProt :accession P01275