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Breast Tissue Cell Lines Ontology
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Preferred Name | Insulin | |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MCBCC_0000014#Insulin |
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A 51-amino acid pancreatic hormone that plays a major role in the regulation of glucose metabolism, directly by suppressing endogenous glucose production (glycogenolysis; gluconeogenesis) and indirectly by suppressing glucagon secretion and lipolysis. Native insulin is a globular protein comprised of a zinc-coordinated hexamer. Each insulin monomer containing two chains, A (21 residues) and B (30 residues), linked by two disulfide bonds. Insulin is used as a drug to control insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Diabetes mellitus, type 1)
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MCBCC_0000014:Insulin
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Insulin
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