ulating ▁g ly c ogen ol ysis ▁and ▁en han cing ▁gl u con e ogen esis . ▁It ▁also ▁increases ▁mobil isation ▁of ▁gl uc ose , ▁free ▁fat ty ▁ac ids ▁and ▁k et one ▁bodies , ▁which ▁are ▁met abol ites ▁produced ▁in ▁excess ▁in ▁di ab etes ▁m ell it us . ▁Gl uc agon ▁is ▁produced , ▁like ▁other ▁pe pt ide ▁h orm ones , ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁larger ▁prec ursor ▁( pre pro gl uc agon ), ▁which ▁is ▁cle aved ▁to ▁produce ▁gl uc agon , ▁gl uc agon - like ▁protein ▁I , ▁gl uc agon - like ▁protein ▁II , ▁and ▁g lic entin . ▁The ▁structure ▁of ▁gl uc agon ▁itself ▁is ▁fully ▁conser ved ▁in ▁all ▁m amm al ian ▁species ▁in ▁which ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁studied . ▁Other ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁struct ur ally ▁similar ▁group ▁include ▁secret in , ▁g astr ic ▁in hib itory ▁pe pt ide , ▁v aso active ▁int est inal ▁pe pt ide ▁( V IP ), ▁pre album in , ▁pe pt ide ▁H I - 2 7 ▁and ▁growth ▁h orm one ▁re le asing ▁factor . ▁ ▁Human ▁h orm ones ▁from ▁this ▁family ▁ ▁AD C Y AP 1 ; ▁▁ ▁G CG ; ▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁G HR H ; ▁▁▁▁▁ ▁G IP ; ▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁S CT ; ▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁VI P ; ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : Pro te in ▁domains ▁Category : Per i pher al ▁memb rane ▁prote