neuropeptide Y; Proneuropeptide Y contains: neuropeptide Y; neuropeptide tyrosine; NPY; C-flanking peptide of NPY; CPON (NPY)

Function

• implicated in the control of feeding
• role in secretion of gonadotrophin-release hormone

Structure

belongs to the NPY family

Compartment

secreted

Expression

• one of the most abundant peptides in the nervous system
• also found in some chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla

More general terms

• neuropeptide

Additional terms

• neuropeptide Y receptor

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=4852
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:4852
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/162640
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P01303.html