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gastric inhibitory polypeptide; glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP)
Function:
- potent stimulator of insulin secretion
- relatively poor inhibitor of gastric acid secretion
Structure: belongs to the glucagon family
Compartment: secreted
Related
gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor; GIP receptor; GIP-R; glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR)
General
gastrointestinal hormone
human longevity protein
secretin family peptide
Properties
SIZE: entity length = 42 aa
entity length = 153 aa
MW = 17 kD
COMPARTMENT: extracellular compartment
MOTIF: signal sequence {1-21}
SECRETED-BY: unspecified cell type
WITHIN: intestine
Database Correlations
OMIM 137240
UniProt P09681
Pfam PF00123
Entrez Gene 2695
Kegg hsa:2695
References
UniProt :accession P09681