Protein Name neuropeptide Y receptor Y2
Organism Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID 66024
Gene Symbol

Npy2r

UniProt Q9ERC0 (Q9ERC0_RAT)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 10
Total Number of Articles : 13
Description

neuropeptide Y receptor Y2

Gene Summary

Predicted to enable peptide YY receptor activity. Involved in several processes, including negative regulation of cell communication; regulation of nervous system process; and regulation of secretion. Predicted to be located in non-motile cilium. Predicted to be active in cilium. Used to study absence epilepsy and depressive disorder. Biomarker of obesity. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Huntington's disease; morbid obesity; and obesity. Orthologous to human NPY2R (neuropeptide Y receptor Y2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • neuropeptide Y receptor type 2
  • neuropeptide Y-Y2 receptor
  • neuropeptide Y/peptide YY-Y2 receptor
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