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UniProt functional annotation for P01304 | ||
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| UniProt code: P01304. |
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| Organism: | |
Sus scrofa (Pig). |
| Taxonomy: | |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Artiodactyla; Suina; Suidae; Sus. |
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| Function: | |
NPY is implicated in the control of feeding and in secretion of gonadotrophin-release hormone. |
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| Subcellular location: | |
Secreted. Cytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicle, neuronal dense core vesicle {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P07808}. |
| Tissue specificity: | |
One of the most abundant peptides in the nervous system. Also found in some chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla. |
| Ptm: | |
The neuropeptide Y form is cleaved at Pro-11 by the prolyl endopeptidase FAP (seprase) activity (in vitro). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P01303}. |
| Similarity: | |
Belongs to the NPY family. {ECO:0000305}. |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.