Amylin

IAPP
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesIAPP, DAP, IAP, islet amyloid polypeptide
External IDsOMIM: 147940; MGI: 96382; HomoloGene: 36024; GeneCards: IAPP; OMA:IAPP - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000415
NM_001329201

NM_010491

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000406
NP_001316130

NP_034621

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 21.35 – 21.38 MbChr 6: 142.24 – 142.25 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Amino acid sequence of amylin with disulfide bridge and cleavage sites of insulin degrading enzyme indicated with arrows

Amylin, or islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP), is a 37-residue peptide hormone.[5] It is co-secreted with insulin from the pancreatic β-cells in the ratio of approximately 100:1 (insulin:amylin). Amylin plays a role in glycemic regulation by slowing gastric emptying and promoting satiety, thereby preventing post-prandial spikes in blood glucose levels.

IAPP is processed from an 89-residue coding sequence. Proislet amyloid polypeptide (proIAPP, proamylin, proislet protein) is produced in the pancreatic beta cells (β-cells) as a 67 amino acid, 7404 Dalton pro-peptide and undergoes post-translational modifications including protease cleavage to produce amylin.[6]

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000121351Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000041681Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ "Entrez Gene: IAPP islet amyloid polypeptide".
  6. ^ Higham CE, Hull RL, Lawrie L, Shennan KI, Morris JF, Birch NP, et al. (August 2000). "Processing of synthetic pro-islet amyloid polypeptide (proIAPP) 'amylin' by recombinant prohormone convertase enzymes, PC2 and PC3, in vitro". European Journal of Biochemistry. 267 (16): 4998–5004. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01548.x. PMID 10931181.