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| Aliases | GAST, GAS, gastrin | ||||||||||||||||
| External IDs | OMIM: 137250 MGI: 104768 HomoloGene: 628 GeneCards: GAST | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location (UCSC) | Chr 17: 41.71 – 41.72 Mb | Chr 11: 100.33 – 100.34 Mb | |||||||||||||||
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| Symbol | Gastrin | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF00918 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR001651 | ||||||||
| PROSITE | PDOC00232 | ||||||||
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| Pfam | structures |
| PDB | RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj |
| PDBsum | structure summary |
Gastrin is a peptide hormone that stimulates secretion of gastric acid (HCl) by the parietal cells of the stomach and aids in gastric motility. It is released by G cells in the pyloric antrum of the stomach, duodenum, and the pancreas.
Gastrin binds to cholecystokinin B receptors to stimulate the release of histamines in enterochromaffin-like cells, and it induces the insertion of K+/H+ ATPase pumps into the apical membrane of parietal cells (which in turn increases H+ release into the stomach cavity). Its release is stimulated by peptides in the lumen of the stomach.