InnateDB: Systems Biology of the Innate Immune Response

Mus musculus Protein: Npy

Summary

InnateDB Protein

IDBP-146628.6

Last Modified

2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]

Gene Symbol

Npy

Protein Name

neuropeptide Y

Synonyms

0710005A05Rik;

Species

Mus musculus

Ensembl Protein

ENSMUSP00000031843

InnateDB Gene

IDBG-146626 (Npy)

Protein Structure

UniProt Annotation

Function

NPY is implicated in the control of feeding and in secretion of gonadotrophin-release hormone. {ECO:0000250}.

Subcellular Localization

Secreted.

Disease Associations

Tissue Specificity

One of the most abundant peptides in the nervous system. Also found in some chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla.

Comments

Interactions

Number of Interactions

This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 1 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 7 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.

Experimentally validated
Total	1 [view]
Protein-Protein	1 [view]
Protein-DNA	0
Protein-RNA	0
DNA-DNA	0
RNA-RNA	0
DNA-RNA	0

Predicted by orthology
Total	7 [view]

Gene Ontology

Molecular Function

Accession	GO Term
GO:0001664	G-protein coupled receptor binding
GO:0005179	hormone activity

Biological Process

GO:0007218	neuropeptide signaling pathway
GO:0008217	regulation of blood pressure
GO:0008343	adult feeding behavior
GO:0021954	central nervous system neuron development
GO:0021987	cerebral cortex development
GO:0031175	neuron projection development
GO:0032100	positive regulation of appetite