Gene data
UTS2- Name
- urotensin 2
- Type
- protein-coding
- Aliases
- PRO1068, U-II, UCN2, UII
This gene encodes a mature peptide that is an active cyclic heptapeptide absolutely conserved from lamprey to human. The active peptide acts as a vasoconstrictor and is expressed only in brain tissue. Despite the gene family name similarity, this gene is not homologous to urocortin, a member of the sauvagine/corticotropin-releasing factor/urotensin I family. Most of the proprotein is cleaved to make the mature peptide. Transcript variants encoding different preproprotein isoforms have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
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urotensin 2
- Symbol
- UTS2
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 1:7,843,008-7,853,512
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- gene
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- HomoloGene ID
- 4939
- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/10911
- genomic end
- 7913572
- genomic start
- 7903143
- chromosome
- human chromosome 1
- cytogenetic location
- 1p36.23
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