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由AJSami著作·2007·被引用14次—Somatotropin,commonlyknownasgrowthhormone(GH)isapolypeptidechaincontainingabout190aminoacidresidues,producedbythepituitaryglandin ...

Somatotropin, commonly known as growth hormone (GH) is a polypeptide chain containing about 190 amino acid residues, produced by the pituitary gland in mammals and is responsible for a number of anabolic processes. It has two disulphide bridges, with 4 alpha helices arranged in anti-parallel distinctive manner. GH molecule binds with two receptor molecules to exhibit its full biological activity. In this review, the information regarding characterization, structure and function is updated. A number of human growth hormone variants (naturally occurring and produced by recombinant DNA- technology) are visualised, and structure related functions are revealed. 1) The di-sulphide bridges are not essential for the biological activity of the molecule. The two chain variants of GH are able to show full biological activity. 2) The different domains of GH could be related to its functions 3) N-terminus of the molecule is involved in the ...