Protein Name | gastric inhibitory polypeptide |
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Organism | Rattus norvegicus |
Gene ID | 25040 |
Gene Symbol | Gip |
UniProt | Q06145 (GIP_RAT) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 210 |
Description |
gastric inhibitory polypeptide |
Gene Summary |
Enables signaling receptor binding activity. Involved in several processes, including positive regulation of D-glucose transmembrane transport; positive regulation of cell communication; and triglyceride homeostasis. Located in extracellular space and neuronal cell body. Used to study type 2 diabetes mellitus. Biomarker of hyperinsulinism; hypothyroidism; obesity; and pancreas disease. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human GIP (gastric inhibitory polypeptide). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025] |
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