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| === Structure ===
| | See [[Glucagon]] |
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| Glucagon is a kind of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peptide_hormone peptide hormone ]with 29 amino acids in a linear structure. Glucagon is produced originally as a formation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proglucagon proglucagon] in the [http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/type/pancreatic-cancer/about/the-pancreas pancreas], which is then converted to glucagon as a functional state in alpha cells of the islets <ref>R.Bowen (1999), Glucagon, http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/pancreas/glucagon.html (last accessed 09.01.11)</ref>.
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| === Function ===
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| The primary role of glucagon played in the body is increasing the blood glucose concentrations, which is the opposite function of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin insulin], secreted from beta cells of the islets. To be specific, glucagon raises the blood sugar levels through the breakdown of the glycogen in the liver when the concentration of the blood glucose is low <ref>R.Bowen (1999), Glucagon, http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/pancreas/glucagon.html (last accessed 09.01.11)</ref>. This process is called [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1540424/glycogenolysis glycogenolysis], which is decomposition of [http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/547glycogen.html glycogen] into glucose <ref>Berg J., Tymoczko J. and Stryer L. (2007) Biochemistry, 6th edition, New York: WH Freeman(p601-603).</ref>.<sup> </sup>Another function of glucagon is activating [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluconeogenesis gluconeogenesis], which convert non-hexose, for instance, amino acids, to glucose also for increasing the blood sugar levels <ref>Berg J., Tymoczko J. and Stryer L. (2007) Biochemistry, 6th edition, New York: WH Freeman(p770-771).</ref>
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| === Disease ===
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| [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/118899-overview Glucagonomas] is a result of excessive seglucagon excretion, which causes some harm effects,for example, skin lesions<ref>R.Bowen (1999), Glucagon, http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/pancreas/glucagon.html (last accessed 09.01.11)</ref>.<br>
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