Species Human Entrez 90226 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000145040 | |
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Aliases UCN2, SRP, UCN-II, UCNI, UR, URP, urocortin 2 External IDs MGI: 2176375 HomoloGene: 50048 GeneCards: UCN2 | ||
Gene music using protein sequence of ucn2 urocortin 2
Urocortin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the UCN2 gene.
This gene is a member of the sauvagine/corticotropin-releasing factor/urotensin I family. It is structurally related to the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) gene and the encoded product is an endogenous ligand for CRF type 2 receptors. In the brain it may be responsible for the effects of stress on appetite. In spite of the gene family name similarity, the product of this gene has no sequence similarity to urotensin II.
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