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Facts about Appetite-regulating hormone.
Has an appetite-stimulating effect, induces adiposity and stimulates gastric acid secretion. Involved in growth regulation.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | GHRL |
Uniprot: | Q9UBU3 |
Entrez: | 51738 |
Belongs to: |
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motilin family |
appetite-regulating hormone; Ghrelin; ghrelin/obestatin preprohormone; ghrelin/obestatin prepropeptide; GHRL; Growth hormone secretagogue; Growth hormone-releasing peptide; Motilin-related Peptide; MTLRPgrowth hormone secretagogue receptor ligand; obestatin; Protein M46
Mass (kDA):
12.911 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 3p25.3 |
Sequence: | 3; NC_000003.12 (10285666..10292947, complement) |
Highest level in stomach. All forms are found in serum as well. Other tissues compensate for the loss of ghrelin synthesis in the stomach following gastrectomy.
Secreted.
PMID: 10604470 by Kojima M., et al. Ghrelin is a growth-hormone-releasing acylated peptide from stomach.
PMID: 10930375 by Tomasetto C., et al. Identification and characterization of a novel gastric peptide hormone: the motilin-related peptide.