| Protein Name | urocortin 2 |
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| Organism | Rattus norvegicus |
| Gene ID | 170896 |
| Gene Symbol | Ucn2 |
| UniProt | A1YKY4 (A1YKY4_RAT) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 36 |
Description |
urocortin 2 |
| Gene Summary |
Enables corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 2 binding activity. Involved in several processes, including cellular response to glucocorticoid stimulus; cellular response to hypoxia; and negative regulation of gonadotropin secretion. Located in extracellular space. Biomarker of colitis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hypertension. Orthologous to human UCN2 (urocortin 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025] |
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