urocortin-2; urocortin II; Ucn II; stresscopin-related peptide; urocortin-related peptide (UCN2, SRP, URP)

Function

• suppresses food intake
• delays gastric emptying
• decreases heat-induced edema
• might represent an endogenous ligand for maintaining homeostasis after stress
• binds with high affinity to CRF receptor-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-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=90226
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:90226
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/605902
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q96RP3.html