| Primary Identifier | MGI:1343180 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
| Chromosome | 5 | NCBI Gene Number | 381677 |
| Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
| description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0) Enables neuropeptide hormone activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including insulin secretion; response to dietary excess; and response to insulin. Predicted to be located in Golgi apparatus; cytoplasmic vesicle; and neuronal cell body. Predicted to be active in extracellular space and glutamatergic synapse. Is expressed in brain. Orthologous to human VGF (VGF nerve growth factor inducible). PHENOTYPE: Homozygotes for a targeted null mutation are small, lean, hyperactive, hypermetabolic, and infertile. Mutants exhibit markedly reduced leptin levels and altered hypothalamic proopiomelanocortin, neuropeptide Y, and agouti-related peptide expression. [provided by MGI curators] |
Features --> Cross References
Canonical gene --> CDSs in specific strains.
Canonical gene --> Exons in specific strains
Canonical gene --> Strain-specific IDs, biotypes, and locations
Canonical gene --> Transcripts in specific strains.
Features --> Overlapping features
