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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP02095
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • 7577
Name Calcitonin gene-related peptide 1
Synonyms
  1. Alpha-type CGRP
  2. CGRP-I
  3. Calcitonin gene-related peptide I
Gene Name CALCA
Protein Type Unknown
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in hormone activity
Specific Function CGRP induces vasodilation. It dilates a variety of vessels including the coronary, cerebral and systemic vasculature. Its abundance in the CNS also points toward a neurotransmitter or neuromodulator role. It also elevates platelet cAMP
Pathways Not Available
Reactions Not Available
GO Classification
Component
extracellular region
Function
hormone activity
binding
protein binding
receptor binding
Process
multicellular organismal process
system process
circulatory system process
vascular process in circulatory system
regulation of blood vessel size
vasodilation
Cellular Location
  1. Secreted
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location Not Available
Locus Not Available
SNPs CALCA
Gene Sequence
>387 bp
ATGGGCTTCCAAAAGTTCTCCCCCTTCCTGGCTCTCAGCATCTTGGTCCTGTTGCAGGCA
GGCAGCCTCCATGCAGCACCATTCAGGTCTGCCCTGGAGAGCAGCCCAGCAGACCCGGCC
ACGCTCAGTGAGGACGAAGCGCGCCTCCTGCTGGCTGCACTGGTGCAGGACTATGTGCAG
ATGAAGGCCAGTGAGCTGGAGCAGGAGCAAGAGAGAGAGGGCTCCAGAATCATTGCCCAG
AAGAGAGCCTGTGACACTGCCACCTGTGTGACTCATCGGCTGGCAGGCTTGCTGAGCAGA
TCAGGGGGTGTGGTGAAGAACAACTTTGTGCCCACCAATGTGGGTTCCAAAGCCTTTGGC
AGGCGCCGCAGGGACCTTCAAGCCTGA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 128
Molecular Weight 13897.8
Theoretical pI 9.97
Pfam Domain Function
Signals
  • 1-25
Transmembrane Regions
  • None
Protein Sequence
>Calcitonin gene-related peptide 1
MGFQKFSPFLALSILVLLQAGSLHAAPFRSALESSPADPATLSEDEARLLLAALVQNYVQ
MKASELEQEQEREGSRIIAQKRACDTATCVTHRLAGLLSRSGGVVKNNFVPTNVGSKAFG
RRRRDLQA
GenBank ID Protein 76880478
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID P06881
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name CALCA_HUMAN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID NM_001033953.2
GeneCard ID CALCA
GenAtlas ID CALCA
HGNC ID HGNC:1437
References
General References
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  4. Nelkin BD, Rosenfeld KI, de Bustros A, Leong SS, Roos BA, Baylin SB: Structure and expression of a gene encoding human calcitonin and calcitonin gene related peptide. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1984 Sep 17;123(2):648-55. [PubMed:6148938 ]
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  6. Steenbergh PH, Hoppener JW, Zandberg J, Van de Ven WJ, Jansz HS, Lips CJ: Calcitonin gene related peptide coding sequence is conserved in the human genome and is expressed in medullary thyroid carcinoma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1984 Aug;59(2):358-60. [PubMed:6610687 ]
  7. Craig RK, Riley JH, Edbrooke MR, Broad PM, Foord SM, Al-Kazwini SJ, Holman JJ, Marshall I: Expression and function of the human calcitonin/alpha-CGRP gene in health and disease. Biochem Soc Symp. 1986;52:91-105. [PubMed:3034287 ]
  8. Morris HR, Panico M, Etienne T, Tippins J, Girgis SI, MacIntyre I: Isolation and characterization of human calcitonin gene-related peptide. Nature. 1984 Apr 19-25;308(5961):746-8. [PubMed:6609312 ]
  9. Petermann JB, Born W, Chang JY, Fischer JA: Identification in the human central nervous system, pituitary, and thyroid of a novel calcitonin gene-related peptide, and partial amino acid sequence in the spinal cord. J Biol Chem. 1987 Jan 15;262(2):542-5. [PubMed:3492492 ]
  10. Kitamura K, Kangawa K, Kawamoto M, Ichiki Y, Matsuo H, Eto T: Isolation and characterization of peptides which act on rat platelets, from a pheochromocytoma. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1992 May 29;185(1):134-41. [PubMed:1318039 ]
  11. Breeze AL, Harvey TS, Bazzo R, Campbell ID: Solution structure of human calcitonin gene-related peptide by 1H NMR and distance geometry with restrained molecular dynamics. Biochemistry. 1991 Jan 15;30(2):575-82. [PubMed:1988044 ]
  12. Hubbard JA, Martin SR, Chaplin LC, Bose C, Kelly SM, Price NC: Solution structures of calcitonin-gene-related-peptide analogues of calcitonin-gene-related peptide and amylin. Biochem J. 1991 May 1;275 ( Pt 3):785-8. [PubMed:2039456 ]