appetite-regulating hormone; growth hormone secretagogue; growth hormone-releasing peptide; motilin-related peptide; M46 protein; contains: ghrelin-27, ghrelin-28, ghrelin, obestatin (GHRL, MTLRP, UNQ524/PRO1066)

Function

• precursor of ghrelin, obestatin
• may be or give rise to growth hormone releasing peptide

Structure

belongs to the motilin family

Compartment

secreted

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

Expression

• highest level in stomach
• all forms are found in serum

More general terms

• peptide precursor
• secreted protein

More specific terms

• ghrelin; ghrelin -27; ghrelin-28

Additional terms

• growth hormone-releasing hormone; somatotropin-releasing hormone,; somatocrinin; somatoliberin (GHRH)
• obestatin (hexarelin)

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=51738
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:51738
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/605353
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9UBU3.html