NPW

NPW
Identifiers
Aliases NPW, L8, L8C, PPL8, PPneuropeptide W
External IDs MGI: 2685781 HomoloGene: 17727 GeneCards: NPW
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

283869

381073

Ensembl

ENSG00000183971

ENSMUSG00000071230

UniProt

Q8N729

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001099456

NM_001099664

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001092926.2

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 16: 2.01 – 2.02 Mb Chr 17: 24.66 – 24.66 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Neuropeptide W is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NPW gene.[3][4][5]

Neuropeptide W (NPW) is an endogenous peptide ligand for GPR8 (MIM 600731), a G protein-coupled receptor.[supplied by OMIM][5]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Fujii R, Yoshida H, Fukusumi S, Habata Y, Hosoya M, Kawamata Y, Yano T, Hinuma S, Kitada C, Asami T, Mori M, Fujisawa Y, Fujino M (Sep 2002). "Identification of a neuropeptide modified with bromine as an endogenous ligand for GPR7". J Biol Chem. 277 (37): 34010–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.M205883200. PMID 12118011.
  4. Brezillon S, Lannoy V, Franssen JD, Le Poul E, Dupriez V, Lucchetti J, Detheux M, Parmentier M (Jan 2003). "Identification of natural ligands for the orphan G protein-coupled receptors GPR7 and GPR8". J Biol Chem. 278 (2): 776–83. doi:10.1074/jbc.M206396200. PMID 12401809.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: NPW neuropeptide W".

Further reading


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