| Protein Name | urotensin 2 |
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| Organism | Mus musculus |
| Gene ID | 24111 |
| Gene Symbol | Uts2 |
| UniProt | Q9QZQ3 (UTS2_MOUSE), Q541G7 (Q541G7_MOUSE) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 30 |
Description |
urotensin 2 |
| Gene Summary |
This gene encodes a member of the urotensin family of peptide hormones. The encoded preproprotein undergoes proteolytic processing to generate a mature, functional hormone before secretion into the plasma. Mice lacking the encoded protein have a significantly decreased low density lipoprotein cholesterol profile and hepatic steatosis that is consistent with decreased hepatocyte de novo cholesterol synthesis and apolipoprotein B secretion. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2016] |
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