Ligand id: 1099
Name: ghrelin
Species: Human
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Compound class | Endogenous peptide in human, mouse or rat |
Ligand families/groups | Neuropeptides |
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BindingDB Ligand | 21940 |
CAS Registry No. | 258279-04-8 (Hs) |
GtoPdb PubChem SID | 135651762 |
UniProtKB | Q9UBU3 (Hs) |
Wikipedia | Ghrelin |
Comments |
There is some ambiguity in the literature and on other resources as to the exact chemical structure and stereochemistry of ghrelin. In the absence of a consensus chemical structure, we have chosen not to include an image of the molecule on this ligand entry. However, for representations of the structure please see these CHEBI:75431, CHEMBL425281 and PubChem CID 16133832 entries. |