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Aliases | AGRP, agouti related neuropeptide, AGRT, ART, ASIP2, AgRP | ||||||||||||||
External IDs | OMIM: 602311 MGI: 892013 HomoloGene: 7184 GeneCards: AGRP | ||||||||||||||
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Species | Human | Mouse | |||||||||||||
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Location (UCSC) | Chr 16: 67.48 – 67.48 Mb | Chr 8: 105.57 – 105.64 Mb | |||||||||||||
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Symbol | Agouti | ||||||||
Pfam | PF05039 | ||||||||
Pfam clan | CL0083 | ||||||||
InterPro | IPR007733 | ||||||||
PROSITE | PDOC60024 | ||||||||
SCOP | 1hyk | ||||||||
SUPERFAMILY | 1hyk | ||||||||
OPM protein | 1mr0 | ||||||||
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Pfam | structures |
PDB | RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj |
PDBsum | structure summary |
NP_001258735.1
NP_031453.1
NP_001258735
NP_031453
Agouti-related protein (AgRP), also called agouti-related peptide, is a neuropeptide produced in the brain by the AgRP/NPY neuron. It is synthesised only in neuropeptide Y (NPY)-containing cell bodies located in the ventromedial part of the arcuate nucleus in the hypothalamus. AgRP is co-expressed with NPY and acts to increase appetite and decrease metabolism and energy expenditure. It is one of the most potent and long-lasting of appetite stimulators. In humans, the agouti-related peptide is encoded by the AGRP gene.