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UniProt functional annotation for P01258 | ||
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| UniProt code: P01258. |
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| Organism: | |
Homo sapiens (Human). |
| Taxonomy: | |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo. |
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| Function: | |
Calcitonin causes a rapid but short-lived drop in the level of calcium and phosphate in blood by promoting the incorporation of those ions in the bones. |
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| Function: | |
Katacalcin is a potent plasma calcium-lowering peptide. |
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| Subcellular location: | |
Secreted. |
| Miscellaneous: | |
[Isoform 2]: May be produced at very low levels due to a premature stop codon in the mRNA, leading to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. {ECO:0000305}. |
| Similarity: | |
Belongs to the calcitonin family. {ECO:0000305}. |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.