Protein Name peptide YY
Organism Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID 287730
Gene Symbol

Pyy

UniProt P10631 (PYY_RAT)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 217
Total Number of Articles : 188
Description

peptide YY

Gene Summary

Predicted to enable neuropeptide Y receptor binding activity and neuropeptide hormone activity. Involved in negative regulation of response to food. Located in extracellular space. Orthologous to several human genes including PYY (peptide YY). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

synonyms
  • peptide YY
  • peptide tyrosine tyrosine
  • peptide tyrosine-tyrosine (YY)
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Properties