calcitonin

amino acid peptide hormone secreted by parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland
Protein protein Q315860
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calcitonin

Summary

calcitonin is a protein[1]. calcitonin ranks in the top 4% of protein entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • calcitonin's instance of is recorded as protein[3].
  • calcitonin's instance of is recorded as protein fragment[4].
  • calcitonin's physically interacts with is recorded as Calcitonin receptor[5].
  • calcitonin's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 9007-12-9[6].
  • calcitonin's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 47931-85-1[7].
  • calcitonin's EC number is recorded as 232-693-2[8].
  • calcitonin's InChIKey is recorded as MKPOFZGVVSUXKS-JKQNMTHDSA-N[9].
  • calcitonin's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85018767[10].
  • calcitonin's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11964818b[11].
  • calcitonin's chemical formula is recorded as C₁₅₁H₂₂₈N₄₀O₄₅S₃[12].
  • calcitonin's subclass of is recorded as peptide hormone[13].
  • calcitonin's subclass of is recorded as biogenic peptide[14].
  • calcitonin's part of is recorded as calcitonin[15].
  • calcitonin's part of is recorded as Calcitonin, conserved site, protein family[16].
  • calcitonin's part of is recorded as Calcitonin peptide-like family[17].
  • calcitonin's part of is recorded as procalcitonin[18].
  • calcitonin's part of is recorded as calcitonin receptor activity[19].
  • calcitonin's part of is recorded as calcitonin binding[20].
  • calcitonin's part of is recorded as calcitonin catabolic process[21].
  • calcitonin's part of is recorded as calcitonin secretion[22].
  • calcitonin's Commons category is recorded as Calcitonin[23].
  • calcitonin's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 51088[24].
  • calcitonin's has part is recorded as Calcitonin, conserved site[25].
  • calcitonin's has part is recorded as Calcitonin peptide-like[26].
  • calcitonin's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL1201614[27].

Why It Matters

calcitonin ranks in the top 4% of protein entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[2] calcitonin has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] calcitonin is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Q905695. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . DrugBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . ECHA Substance Infocard database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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