Tags: Protein.
Glucagon/GIP/secretin/VIP hormones are a family of evolutionarily related peptide hormones that regulate activity of G-protein coupled receptors from secretin receptor family.A number of polypeptidic hormones mainly expressed in the intestine or the pancreas belong to a group of these structurally related peptides. Once such hormone glucagon is widely distributed and produced in the alpha-cells of pancreatic islets.
