Protein Name VGF nerve growth factor inducible
Organism Mus musculus
Gene ID 381677
Gene Symbol

Vgf

UniProt Q0VGU4 (VGF_MOUSE)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 42
Total Number of Articles : 24
Description

VGF nerve growth factor inducible

Gene Summary

Enables neuropeptide hormone activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including insulin secretion; response to dietary excess; and response to insulin. Predicted to be located in Golgi apparatus; cytoplasmic vesicle; and neuronal cell body. Predicted to be active in extracellular space and glutamatergic synapse. Is expressed in brain and thalamus. Orthologous to human VGF (VGF nerve growth factor inducible). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • neurosecretory protein VGF
  • Gm1052
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Properties