prokineticin-1 (endocrine-gland-derived vascular endothelial growth factor, EG-VEGF, mambakine, PROK1)

Function

• contracts gastrointestinal (GI) smooth muscle
• induces proliferation, migration & fenestration in capillary endothelial cells derived from endocrine glands
• little or no effect on other endothelial & non-endothelial cells

Compartment

secreted

Expression

• expressed in the steroidogenic glands, ovary, testis, adrenal, placenta

More general terms

• secreted protein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/606233
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P58294.html