Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 4879
Gene name Natriuretic peptide B
Gene symbol NPPB
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
BNPIso-ANP
Chromosome 1
Chromosome location 1p36.22
Summary This gene is a member of the natriuretic peptide family and encodes a secreted protein which functions as a cardiac hormone. The protein undergoes two cleavage events, one within the cell and a second after secretion into the blood. The protein`s biologic
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
1
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT019803 hsa-miR-375 Microarray 20215506
Transcription factors Transcription factors information provided by TRRUST V2 database.
9
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
GATA4 Unknown 15464586
NFKB1 Unknown 15837525
NKX2-5 Unknown 15837525
RELA Unknown 15837525
SHOX Activation 17881654
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
41
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0003008 Process System process IEA
GO:0003085 Process Negative regulation of systemic arterial blood pressure IBA
GO:0003161 Process Cardiac conduction system development NAS 26786210
GO:0005102 Function Signaling receptor binding IDA 1672777
GO:0005102 Function Signaling receptor binding IPI 12727915, 16870210
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
600295 7940 ENSG00000120937
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P16860
Protein name Natriuretic peptides B (Brain natriuretic factor prohormone) (preproBNP) (proBNP) (Gamma-brain natriuretic peptide) (Iso-ANP) [Cleaved into: NT-proBNP (NT-pro-BNP) (NT-proBNP(1-76)); proBNP(3-108); Brain natriuretic peptide 32 (BNP(1-32)) (BNP-32) (Brain
Protein function [Brain natriuretic peptide 32]: Cardiac hormone that plays a key role in mediating cardio-renal homeostasis (PubMed:1672777, PubMed:17372040, PubMed:1914098, PubMed:9458824). May also function as a paracrine antifibrotic factor in the heart (By
PDB 1YK1 , 3N56
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00212 ANP 98 128 Atrial natriuretic peptide Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: [Brain natriuretic peptide 32]: Detected in the cardiac atria (at protein level) (PubMed:2136732, PubMed:2138890). Detected in the kidney distal tubular cells (at protein level) (PubMed:9794555). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:2136732, ECO:000026
Sequence
MDPQTAPSRALLLLLFLHLAFLGGRSHPLGSPGSASDLETSGLQEQRNHLQGKLSELQVE
QTSLEPLQESPRPTGVWKSREVATEGIRGHRKMVLYTLRAPRSPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRI
SSSSGLGC
KVLRRH
Sequence length 134
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG 
  cGMP-PKG signaling pathway
Hormone signaling
Vascular smooth muscle contraction
Thermogenesis