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  • Glucagon: Understanding This Key Peptide Hormone
    Glucagon is a peptide hormone.

    Here's why:

    * Peptide hormones are made up of chains of amino acids. Glucagon is indeed composed of 29 amino acids.

    * Steroid hormones are derived from cholesterol and have a different structure.

    * Amine hormones are derived from amino acids but are smaller and simpler than peptides.

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