urocortin (UCN)

Function: - stimulates secretion of ACTH in vitro - binds CRF receptor type-1, CRF receptor type-2 alpha & beta Structure: - belongs to the sauvagine/corticotropin-releasing factor/ urotensin I family Compartment: secreted

Related

urocortin (UCN) urocortin-2; urocortin II; Ucn II; stresscopin-related peptide; urocortin-related peptide (UCN2, SRP, URP) urocortin-3; urocortin III; Ucn III; stresscopin (UCN3, SPC)

General

hormone peptide

Properties

SIZE: entity length = 124 aa MW = 13 kD MOTIF: signal sequence {1-25}

Database Correlations

OMIM 600945 UniProt P55089 Pfam PF00473 Entrez Gene 7349 Kegg hsa:7349

References

UniProt :accession P55089