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Facts about Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript protein.
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Human | |
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Gene Name: | CARTPT |
Uniprot: | Q16568 |
Entrez: | 9607 |
Belongs to: |
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CART family |
CART prepropeptide; CART; CARTcocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript; CARTPT; cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript protein
Mass (kDA):
12.829 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 5q13.2 |
Sequence: | 5; NC_000005.10 (71719275..71721045) |
Hypothalamus. Found in neurons of the ventrolateral part of the arcuate nucleus, in the external zone of the median eminence, and also found in terminals in the periventricular part of the paraventricular nucleus.
Secreted.
PMID: 8647455 by Douglass J.O., et al. Characterization of the human cDNA and genomic DNA encoding CART: a cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript.
PMID: 9590691 by Kristensen P., et al. Hypothalamic CART is a new anorectic peptide regulated by leptin.