FUNCTION: Insulin decreases blood glucose concentration. It increases cell permeability to monosaccharides, amino acids and fatty acids. It accelerates glycolysis, the pentose phosphate cycle, and glycogen synthesis in liver.
Temperature Dependency
PH Dependency
Pathway
nucleotide Binding
Features
Disulfide bond (3); Peptide (2); Propeptide (1); Sequence conflict (1); Signal peptide (1)
Keywords
3D-structure;Carbohydrate metabolism;Cleavage on pair of basic residues;Direct protein sequencing;Disulfide bond;Glucose metabolism;Hormone;Reference proteome;Secreted;Signal
Interact With
Induction
Subcellular Location
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Secreted.
Modified Residue
Post Translational Modification
Signal Peptide
SIGNAL 1..24; /evidence=ECO:0000269|PubMed:5063718