Peptide hormone

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Contents 1 Used for 2 See for 3 Broader Terms 4 Narrower Terms 5 Related Terms 6 Scope Note 7 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

adrenomedullin

See for

trefoil factor

Broader Terms

hormone

Narrower Terms

activin, adiponectin, angiotensin, atrial natriuretic peptide, calcitonin, endothelin, gastrointestinal hormone, hypothalamic hormone, inhibin, leptin, Mullerian duct inhibiting substance, pancreas hormone, parathyroid hormone, parathyroid hormone related protein, pituitary hormone, placental hormone, relaxin

Related Terms

growth factor

Scope Note

hormones synthesized from amino acids, whose actions are systemic.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• The peptide hormone is too small to have disulfide crosslinks, salt bridges or other intra-chain interactions that provide 3-dimensional configurations to large proteins.
• A somatomedin-like peptide hormone is required during the estrogen-mediated induction of ovalbumin gene transcription.
• Novel salmon cardiac peptide hormone is released from the ventricle by regulated secretory pathway.
• A neuropeptide is a peptide that is active in association with neural tissue A peptide hormone is a peptide that acts as a hormone.
• Usually, a peptide hormone is first synthesized as part of a larger preprohormone.

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