Insulin-like growth factor 2
Insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF-2) is one of three protein hormones that share structural similarity to insulin. The MeSH definition reads: "A well-characterized neutral peptide believed to be secreted by the liver and to circulate in the blood. It has growth-regulating, insulin-like and mitogenic activities. The growth factor has a major, but not absolute, dependence on somatotropin. It is believed to be a major fetal growth factor in contrast to insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), which is a major growth factor in adults."
| Insulin-like growth factor II E-peptide (somatomedians-A ) | |||||||||
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| Symbol | IGF2_C | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF08365 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR013576 | ||||||||
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