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katacalcin
peptide derived from procalcitonin
Function:
- potent plasma Ca+2-lowering peptide
Related
calcitonin/alpha CGRP gene or CALC1
General
secreted protein
thyroid hormone
Properties
SIZE: entity length = 141 aa
MW = 15 kD
COMPARTMENT: extracellular compartment
SECRETED-BY: parafollicular cell
WITHIN: thyroid
FORM: katacalcin
MOTIF: cysteine residue {C85}
MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C91}
cysteine residue {C91}
MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C85}
MISC-INFO: elimination route PLASMA
1/2life 1 HOURS
pregnancy-category C
safety in lactation ?
Database Correlations
OMIM 114130
UniProt P01258
Pfam PF00214
Entrez Gene 796
Kegg hsa:796
References
UniProt :accession P01258