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Glucagon Receptors

The glucagon receptor is a member of the glucagon receptor family that also includes GLP-1, GLP-2, secretin, GHRH and GIP receptors. The glucagon receptor regulates blood glucose levels and is predominantly expressed in the pancreas, liver and kidneys.

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Glucagon Receptor Agonists
Cat. No. Product Name / Activity
6927 Glucagon (Human, Porcine)
Endogenous glucagon receptor agonist

Glucagon Receptor Antagonists
Cat. No. Product Name / Activity
2216 des-His1-[Glu9]-Glucagon (1-29) amide
Glucagon receptor antagonist
2311 L-168,049
Potent, orally active human glucagon receptor antagonist

Glucagon Receptor Modulators
Cat. No. Product Name / Activity
6807 NNC 0640
Negative allosteric modulator of glucagon and GLP-1 receptors

Other
Cat. No. Product Name / Activity
2094 Oxyntomodulin (porcine, bovine)
Endogenous gut peptide; modulates feeding and metabolism

Related Targets

The glucagon receptor is a member of the glucagon receptor family that also includes GLP-1, GLP-2, secretin, GHRH and GIP receptors. The glucagon receptor regulates blood glucose levels via control of hepatic glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis, and via regulation of insulin release from the β-cells of pancreatic islets.

The glucagon receptor is predominantly expressed in the pancreas, liver and kidneys, but is also found to a lesser extent in the heart, adipose tissue, spleen, thymus and adrenal glands. The human glucagon receptor gene is localized on chromosome 17q25.

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Literature for Glucagon Receptors

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Glucagon Receptor Gene Data

Species Gene Symbol Gene Accession No. Protein Accession No.
Human GCGR NM_000160 P47871
Mouse Gcgr NM_008101 Q61606
Rat Gcgr NM_172091 P30082