obestatin
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Obestatin is a hormone that is produced in specialized epithelial cells of the stomach and small intestine of several animals including humans. Obestatin was originally identified as an anorectic peptide, but its effect on food intake remains controversial.
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It is catalogued under topics including Genes on human chromosome 3, Obesity and Peptide hormones.
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Key facts
- Protein.Name
- ghrelin/obestatin preprohormone
- Protein.caption
- Obestatin NMR structure in SDS / DPC micellar solution.
- Protein.image
- 2JSH.pdb.png
- Protein.HGNCid
- 18129
- Protein.Symbol
- GHRL
- Protein.EntrezGene
- 51738
- Protein.OMIM
- 605353
- Protein.RefSeq
- NM_016362
- Protein.UniProt
- Q9UBU3
- Protein.Chromosome
- 3
- Protein.Arm
- p
- Protein.Band
- 26
- Protein.LocusSupplementaryData
- -p25
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Discovery
- Structure
- Gene and transcription
- Receptor
- Blood levels
- Function
- Clinical significance
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Obestatin is a hormone that is produced in specialized epithelial cells of the stomach and small intestine of several animals including humans. Obestatin was originally identified as an anorectic peptide, but its effect on food intake remains controversial.
== Discovery == Obestatin was discovered using a bioinformatics approach: by computer search of the sequenced genomes of several organisms.
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