General Information

  • ID:  hor006421
  • Uniprot ID:  P29794
  • Protein name:  Glicentin-related polypeptide
  • Gene name:  GCG
  • Organism:  Canis lupus familiaris (Dog) (Canis familiaris)
  • Family:  Glucagon family
  • Source:  animal
  • Expression:  Glucagon release is stimulated by hypoglycemia and inhibited by hyperglycemia, insulin, and somatostatin. GLP-1 and GLP-2 are induced in response to nutrient ingestion (By similarity). |Glucagon is secreted in the A cells of the islets of Langerhans. GLP-
  • Disease:  NA
  • Comments:  NA
  • Taxonomy:  Canis lupus (species), Canis (genus), Canidae (family), Caniformia (suborder), Carnivora (order), Laurasiatheria (superorder), Boreoeutheria, Eutheria, Theria, Mammalia (class), Amniota, Tetrapoda, Dipnotetrapodomorpha, Sarcopterygii (superclass), Euteleostomi, Teleostomi, Gnathostomata, Vertebrata, Craniata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Deuterostomia, Bilateria, Eumetazoa, Metazoa (kingdom), Opisthokonta, Eukaryota (superkingdom), cellular organisms
  • GO MF:  GO:0005179 hormone activity; GO:0031769 glucagon receptor binding
  • GO BP:  GO:0007188 adenylate cyclase-modulating G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway; GO:0010737 protein kinase A signaling; GO:0014823 response to activity; GO:0035774 positive regulation of insulin secretion involved in cellular response to glucose stimulus; GO:0042593 glucose homeostasis; GO:0043066 negative regulation of apoptotic process; GO:0050796 regulation of insulin secretion; GO:0050896 response to stimulus
  • GO CC:  GO:0005576 extracellular region; GO:0005615 extracellular space

Sequence Information

  • Sequence:  RSLQDTEEKSRSFSAPQTEPLNDLDQMNED
  • Length:  30(21-50)
  • Propeptide:  MKSIYFVAGLFVMLVQGSWQRSLQDTEEKSRSFSAPQTEPLNDLDQMNEDKRHSQGTFTSDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMNTKRNKNNIAKRHDEFERHAEGTFTSDVSSYLEGQAAKEFIAWLVKGRGRRDFPEEVAIVEEFRRRHADGSFSDEMNTVLDTLATRDFINWLLQTKITDRK
  • Signal peptide:  MKSIYFVAGLFVMLVQGSWQ
  • Modification:  NA
  • Glycosylation:  NA
  • Mutagenesis:  NA

Activity

  • Function:  [Glucagon]: Plays a key role in glucose metabolism and homeostasis. Regulates blood glucose by increasing gluconeogenesis and decreasing glycolysis. A counterregulatory hormone of insulin, raises plasma glucose levels in response to insulin-induced hypogl
  • Mechanism:  NA
  • Cross BBB:  NA
  • Target:  NA
  • Target Unid:  NA
  • IC50: NA
  • EC50: NA
  • ED50: NA
  • kd: NA
  • Half life: NA

Structure

  • Disulfide bond:  NA
  • Structure ID:  AF-P29794-F1(AlphaFold_DB_ID)
  • Structure: (PDB_ID-from https://www.rcsb.org/; AlphaFold_DB_ID-from https://alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/; hordbxxxxxx_AF2.pdb was predicted structure by AlphaFold2; hordbxxxxxx_ESM.pdb was predicted structure by ESMFold)
  •    hor006421_AF2.pdbhor006421_ESM.pdb

Physical Information

Mass: 399910 Formula: C142H226N42O58S
Absent amino acids: CGHIVWY Common amino acids: DES
pI: 3.86 Basic residues: 3
Polar residues: 8 Hydrophobic residues: 5
Hydrophobicity: -161 Boman Index: -12425
Half-Life: 1 hour Half-Life Yeast: 2 min
Half-Life E.Coli: 2 min Aliphatic Index 42.33
Instability Index: 10704.33 Extinction Coefficient cystines: 0
Absorbance 280nm: 0

Literature

  • PubMed ID:  11916259
  • Title:  cDNA cloning of proglucagon from the stomach and pancreas of the dog.
  • PubMed ID:  3238052
  • Title:  Immunoreactive glucagons purified from dog pancreas, stomach and ileum.
  • PubMed ID:  10499540
  • Title:  Proglucagon processing profile in canine L cells expressing endogenous prohormone convertase 1/3 and prohormone
  • PubMed ID:  12554744
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  • PubMed ID:  12626323
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  • PubMed ID:  10605628
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