Calcitonin (Calca) Peptide
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- Target See all Calcitonin (Calca) products
- Calcitonin (Calca)
- Purity
- > 95 %
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- Restrictions
- For Research Use only
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- Storage
- -20 °C
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- Target
- Calcitonin (Calca)
- Synonyms
- calcitonin-related polypeptide alpha Peptide, CALCA Peptide
- Background
- Calcitonin (salmon) is an hypocalcemic hormone produced by the parafollicular C cells of the thyroid or by the ultimobranchial bodies of nonmammalian vertebrates. Calcitonin decreases blood calcium and phosphate due to inhibition of resorption by osteoblasts and osteocytes. Calcitonin contains a single disulfide bond, which causes the amino terminus to assume the shape of a ring. Alternative splicing of the calcitonin pre-mRNA can yield a mRNA encoding calcitonin gene-related peptide, that peptide appears to function in the nervous and vascular systems. The calcitonin receptor has been cloned and shown to be a member of the seven-transmembrane, G protein-coupled receptor family.
- CAS-No
- 47931-85-1
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