Identity
- Class
- Metabolic
- Molecular weight
- 3483 Da
- Residues
- 29
- Heavy atoms
- 246
- Reference slug
- glucagon
These are published properties of the molecule, given for identification. Values we cannot confirm are omitted rather than estimated. What these terms mean.
What this compound is
Twenty-nine residues, free acid at the C-terminus rather than the amide most of this family carries. The natural counterpart to insulin.
Sequence
| 1 | HSQGTFTSDY SKYLDSRRAQ DFVQWLMNT |
|---|
- Three-letter code
- His-Ser-Gln-Gly-Thr-Phe-Thr-Ser-Asp-Tyr-Ser-Lys-Tyr-Leu-Asp-Ser-Arg-Arg-Ala-Gln-Asp-Phe-Val-Gln-Trp-Leu-Met-Asn-Thr
The one-letter code gives the amino-acid backbone. Terminal modifications, where a compound carries them, are accounted for in the molecular weight above but are not visible in the letters.
Residue composition
Counted directly from the sequence above. Glucagon is built from 16 of the twenty standard amino acids across 29 positions.
By residue
| Residue | Code | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serine | S · Ser | 4 | 13.8% |
| Aspartic acid | D · Asp | 3 | 10.3% |
| Glutamine | Q · Gln | 3 | 10.3% |
| Threonine | T · Thr | 3 | 10.3% |
| Phenylalanine | F · Phe | 2 | 6.9% |
| Leucine | L · Leu | 2 | 6.9% |
| Arginine | R · Arg | 2 | 6.9% |
| Tyrosine | Y · Tyr | 2 | 6.9% |
| Alanine | A · Ala | 1 | 3.4% |
| Glycine | G · Gly | 1 | 3.4% |
| Histidine | H · His | 1 | 3.4% |
| Lysine | K · Lys | 1 | 3.4% |
| Methionine | M · Met | 1 | 3.4% |
| Asparagine | N · Asn | 1 | 3.4% |
| Valine | V · Val | 1 | 3.4% |
| Tryptophan | W · Trp | 1 | 3.4% |
By side-chain class
Nonpolar, aliphatic
6 · 20.7%
A G L M V
Aromatic
5 · 17.2%
F W Y
Polar, uncharged
11 · 37.9%
N Q S T
Positively charged
4 · 13.8%
H K R
Negatively charged
3 · 10.3%
D
Side-chain classes follow the standard grouping of the twenty proteinogenic amino acids. Composition is arithmetic over the published sequence and says nothing about how the molecule behaves.
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