The occurrence of relaxin and related peptides in human, rat, and mouse Gene identification (ID) numbers are from Entrez Gene (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=gene).
Gene | Protein | Human Gene ID | Mouse Gene ID | Rat Gene ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RLN1 | H1 relaxin | 6013 | Not present | Not present |
| RLN2 | H2 relaxin | 6019 | 19773a | 25616a |
| RLN3 | H3 relaxin | 117579 | 212108 | 266997 |
| INSL3 | INSL3 | 3640 | 16336 | 114215 |
| INSL4 | INSL4 | 3641 | Not present | Not present |
| INSL5 | INSL5 | 10022 | 23919 | Pseudogeneb |
|
INSL6
| INSL6 | 11172 | 27356 | 50546 |
↵ a Genes for rat and mouse relaxin are named RLN1 in the databases but are the rodent equivalents of RLN2 in the human
↵ b INSL5 is a pseudogene in the rat (Liu et al., 2005)