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Description

After removal of the precursor signal peptide, proinsulin is post-translationally cleaved into two chains (peptide A and peptide B) that are covalently linked via two disulfide bonds. Binding of this mature form of insulin to the insulin receptor (INSR) stimulates glucose uptake. A variety of mutant alleles with changes in the coding region have been identified. There is a read-through gene, INS-IGF2, which overlaps with this gene at the 5' region and with the IGF2 gene at the 3' region. (provided by RefSeq)

Bioinformatics

Entrez	100009181 Rabbit 16333 Mouse 24505 Rat 3630 Human 397415 Porcine
Uniprot	AAH05255.1 Human NP_000198 Human NP_000198 Human P01308 Human P01308 Human P01315 Porcine
Product By Gene ID	3630
Alternate Names	IDDM2 ILPR insulin IRDN MODY10 proinsulin

Research Areas for Insulin

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