QRFP (pyroglutamylated RFamide peptide)
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Gene
Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
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| Entrez ID | 347148 |
| Gene name | Pyroglutamylated RFamide peptide |
| Gene symbol | QRFP |
| Synonyms (NCBI Gene) |
26RFaP518
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| Chromosome | 9 |
| Chromosome location | 9q34.12 |
| Summary | This gene encodes a preproprotein that is proteolytically processed to generate multiple protein products. The encoded products are members of the RFamide family of neuropeptides, characterized by their common protein C-terminus consisting of an arginine |
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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Other IDs
Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
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Protein
Protein information from UniProt database.
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UniProt ID
Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
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P83859 | ||||||||||
| Protein name | Orexigenic neuropeptide QRFP (P518) [Cleaved into: QRF-amide (Neuropeptide RF-amide) (Pyroglutamylated arginine-phenylalanine-amide peptide)] | ||||||||||
| Protein function | Stimulates feeding behavior, metabolic rate and locomotor activity and increases blood pressure. May have orexigenic activity. May promote aldosterone secretion by the adrenal gland (By similarity). {ECO:0000250, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12960173, ECO | ||||||||||
| PDB | 8ZH8 | ||||||||||
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| Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed widely in the brain with highest expression levels in the cerebellum, medulla, pituitary, retina, vestibular nucleus, and white matter. Also expressed in the bladder, colon, coronary artery, parathyroid gland, prostate, testi | ||||||||||
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| Sequence length | 136 | ||||||||||
| Interactions | View interactions | ||||||||||
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Pathways
Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
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Related Genes
Genes most often co-reported with QRFP across shared curated disease and pathway associations.
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Diseases Linked via Similar Genes
Diseases curated for genes most similar to QRFP (see Related Genes above), that are NOT already directly curated for QRFP itself -- a lead worth checking, not a confirmed association.
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