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Gene information for INS (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID3630
Official gene symbolINS
Full nameinsulin
Aliases,ILPR,IRDN,MODY10,
Gene summaryAfter removal of the precursor signal peptide, proinsulin is post-translationally cleaved into three peptides: the B chain and A chain peptides, which are covalently linked via two disulfide bonds to form insulin, and C-peptide. Binding of insulin to the insulin receptor (INSR) stimulates glucose uptake. A multitude of mutant alleles with phenotypic effects have been identified. There is a read-through gene, INS-IGF2, which overlaps with this gene at the 5' region and with the IGF2 gene at the 3' region. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 11   Locus: 11p15.5
Gene position2182439 - 2181009  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size1431 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID176730