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Term:
insulin biosynthetic pathway (PW:0001758)
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insulin biosynthetic pathway 
The insulin precursor, preproinsulin is subject to several processing steps in the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus before ending as the mature zinc-insulin hexamer stored in secretory granules. The expression of insulin is confined to the beta cells of the pancreatic islets of Langerhans.
preproglucagon processing pathway +  
renin-angiotensin cascade pathway +     
somatostatin biosynthetic pathway 
thyroglobulin processing pathway +   
thyroid-stimulating hormone biosynthetic pathway 
thyrotropin-releasing hormone biosynthetic pathway 

Synonyms
Related Synonyms: Insulin processing ;   preproinsulin processing pathway
Definition Sources: GO:0030070, PMID:24843567, Reactome:R-HSA-264876

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