islet amyloid polypeptide

mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
Protein protein Q424643

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
protein
Part of
Pro-islet amyloid polypeptide, Calcitonin, conserved site, protein family, Calcitonin peptide-like family[2][3][4]
Biological process
negative regulation of cell differentiation, cell-cell signaling, sensory perception of pain, eating behavior, signal transduction, negative regulation of bone resorption, apoptotic process, negative regulation of cell population proliferation, protein destabilization, protein homooligomerization, amyloid fibril formation, G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway, adenylate cyclase-activating G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway, positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration, regulation of signaling receptor activity, positive regulation of protein kinase A signaling, negative regulation of mitochondrion organization, negative regulation of protein homooligomerization, positive regulation of apoptotic process, positive regulation of MAPK cascade, protein homooligomerization, positive regulation of protein kinase B signaling, amylin receptor signaling pathway, negative regulation of amyloid fibril formation
Encoded by
IAPP
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens
Has part(s)
Calcitonin, conserved site, Calcitonin peptide-like[5][6]
Has parts
Calcitonin, conserved site, Calcitonin peptide-like
Molecular function
signaling receptor binding, hormone activity, identical protein binding, amyloid-beta binding, protein binding, identical protein binding
🏷️ Also known as
en Islet amyloid polypeptide (diabetes-associated peptide; amylin) en IAPP en insulinoma amyloid peptide en islet amyloid polypeptide en amylin en DAP en diabetes-associated peptide ar عديد الببتيد النشواني الجزيري ar أميلين cs IAPP es Amilina fa آمیلین (هورمون) fr Amyline fr IAPP he אמלין id Amilin ja アミリン pl Amylina uk Амілін zh 胰淀素
🔖 Identifiers · 11
OpenAlex ID
C2780705028
Exact match
purl.uniprot.org
Freebase ID
/m/05gtc8
MeSH descriptor ID
D058228
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780705028
PDB structure ID
1KUW, 2G48, 2KB8, 2L86, 3FPO, 3FR1, 3FTH, 3FTK, 3FTL, 3FTR, 3G7V, 3G7W, 3HGZ, 3DG1
RefSeq protein ID
NP_000406, NP_001316130
UniProt protein ID
P10997
WikiSkripta article ID
71656

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Biological process 3
Cell component 3
Found in taxon 1
Instance of 1
Molecular function 1
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islet amyloid polypeptide is a protein[1].

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