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Pancreatic hormone

Pancreatic hormone peptide
Identifiers
Symbol	Hormone_3
Pfam	PF00159
InterPro	IPR001955
SCOP	1ppt
OPM protein	1icy
Available PDB structures: 1k8vA:1-39 1ruuA:1-36 1ru5A:1-36 1qbfA:1-36 1ron :29-64 1qfaA:52-64 1r9nF:29-38 1icyA:10-45 1f8pA:10-45 1fvnA:10-45 1ljvA:30-65 1v1dA:30-60 1bba :30-65 2bf9A:1-35 1ppt :1-36

Pancreatic hormones (PP)^[1] are peptides synthesized in pancreatic islets of Langherhans, which acts as a regulator of pancreatic and gastrointestinal functions.

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The hormone is produced as a larger propeptide, which is enzymatically cleaved to yield the mature active peptide: this is 36 amino acids in length^[2] and has an amidated C terminus^[3]. The hormone has a globular structure, residues 2-8 forming a left-handed poly-proline-II-like helix, residues 9-13 a beta turn, and 14-32 an alpha-helix,held close to the first helix by hydrophobic interactions^[2]. Unlike glucagon, another peptide hormone, the structure of pancreatic peptide is preserved in aqueous solution^[4]. Both N and C termini are required for activity: receptor binding and activation functions may reside in the N and C termini respectively^[2].

Subfamilies

Pancreatic hormone subtype IPR015480
Peptide YY IPR015481

Human proteins containing this domain

NPY; PPY; PYY;

References

^ Humbel RE, Blundell TL (1980). "Hormone families: pancreatic hormones and homologous growth factors". Nature 287 (5785): 781-787. PMID 6107857.
^ ^a ^b ^c Martin J, Allen J, Novotny J, Heinrich G (1987). "Molecular structure of mammalian neuropeptide Y: analysis by molecular cloning and computer-aided comparison with crystal structure of avian homologue". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 84 (8): 2532-2536. PMID 3031687.
^ Mutt V, Sillard R, Agerberth B, Jornvall H (1989). "Sheep neuropeptide Y. A third structural type of a highly conserved peptide". FEBS Lett. 258 (2): 263-265. PMID 2599092.
^ Conlon JM, Thim L, Bjenning C, Moon TW, Youson JH (1991). "Neuropeptide Y-related peptides from the pancreas of a teleostean (eel), holostean (bowfin) and elasmobranch (skate) fish". Peptides 12 (2): 221-226. PMID 2067973.