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

More general terms

• hormone
• peptide

Additional terms

• 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)

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=7349
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:7349
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/600945
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P55089.html