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Protein Domain : Parathyroid hormone-related protein

Primary Identifier  IPR003626 Type  Family
Short Name  PTH-rel
description  Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTH-rP) is structurally related to parathyroid hormone (PTH) []and seems to play a physiological role in lactation, possibly as a hormone for the mobilisation and/or transfer of calcium to the milk. It also regulates chondrocytic differentiation and bone formation [].This family also includes the zebrafish PTH family member Pth4, unique to noneutherian vertebrates, which is a regulator of bone mineral accrual acting through phosphate homeostasis []..

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