NPW

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NPW
Identifiers
Aliases NPW , L8, L8C, PPL8, PPneuropeptide W
External IDs OMIM: 607997 MGI: 2685781 HomoloGene: 17727 GeneCards: NPW
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001099456

NM_001099664

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001092926

NP_001093134

Location (UCSC) Chr 16: 2.01 – 2.02 Mb Chr 17: 24.88 – 24.88 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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NPW is a gene that in humans encodes Neuropeptide W protein. [5] [6] [7]

Neuropeptide W (NPW) is an endogenous peptide ligand for GPR8 (MIM 600731), a G protein-coupled receptor.[supplied by OMIM] [7]

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References

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  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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  7. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: NPW neuropeptide W".

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