PEN   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 9140

Comment: Rat PEN is one of the active fragments cleaved from pro-protein proSAAS. It is amino acids 221-242 of proSAAS. PEN appears to be involved in the regulation of feeding, possibly in concert with the BigLEN-GPR171 ligand-receptor system [1].
Species: Rat
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References
1. Gomes I, Bobeck EN, Margolis EB, Gupta A, Sierra S, Fakira AK, Fujita W, Müller TD, Müller A, Tschöp MH et al.. (2016)
Identification of GPR83 as the receptor for the neuroendocrine peptide PEN.
Sci Signal, 9 (425): ra43. [PMID:27117253]