HORDB

ID: hor006357
Uniprot ID: O12956
Protein name: Glicentin-related polypeptide
Gene name: GCG
Organism: Heloderma suspectum (Gila monster)
Family: Glucagon family
Source: Animal
Expression: Produced in the A cells of the islets of Langerhans in response to a drop in blood sugar concentration.|Isoform LPII is expressed in both pancreas and intestine. Expression of isoform LPI is restricted to the pancreas. Neither isoform is detected in saliv
Disease: NA
Comments: NA
Taxonomy: Heloderma (genus), Helodermatidae (family), Neoanguimorpha , Anguimorpha (infraorder), Toxicofera , Episquamata , Unidentata , Bifurcata , Squamata (order), Lepidosauria (class), Sauria , Sauropsida , 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 BP: GO:0007165 signal transduction; GO:0050896 response to stimulus
GO CC: GO:0005576 extracellular region

Sequence: SPLQETEEKSRSFKASQAEPLDDSRQLNEV
Length: 30(21-50)
Propeptide: MTSMYFVAGLLLMIVQGSWQSPLQETEEKSRSFKASQAEPLDDSRQLNEVKRHSQGTFTSDYSKYLDTRRAQDFVQWLMNTKRSGQQGVEEREKENLLDQLSSNGLARHHAEYERHADGRYTSDISSYLEGQAAKEFIAWLVNGRGRRDFLEEAGTADDIGRRHADGTFTSDYNQLLDDIATQEFLKWLINQKVTQRDLLGEYQ
Signal peptide: MTSMYFVAGLLLMIVQGSWQ
Modification: NA
Glycosylation: NA
Mutagenesis: NA

Function: [Glucagon]: Plays a key role in glucose metabolism and homeostasis. Regulates blood glucose by increasing gluconeogenesis and decreasing glycolysis.
Mechanism: NA
Cross BBB: NA
Target: NA
Target Unid: NA
IC50: NA
EC50: NA
ED50: NA
kd: NA
Half life: NA

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)

hor006357_AF2.pdb

hor006357_ESM.pdb

Mass:	393709	Formula:	C143H232N42O55
Absent amino acids:	CGHIMWY	Common amino acids:	ES
pI:	4.22	Basic residues:	4
Polar residues:	7	Hydrophobic residues:	7
Hydrophobicity:	-137.33	Boman Index:	-10986
Half-Life:	1.9 hour	Half-Life Yeast:	>20 hour
Half-Life E.Coli:	>10 hour	Aliphatic Index	55.33
Instability Index:	10704.33	Extinction Coefficient cystines:	0
Absorbance 280nm:	0

PubMed ID: 9020121
Title: Tissue-specific expression of unique mRNAs that encode proglucagon-derived peptides or exendin 4 in the lizard.
PubMed ID: 9545315
Title: Molecular cloning of the helodermin and exendin-4 cDNAs in the lizard. Relationship to vasoactive intestinal polypeptide/pituitary adenylate c
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