urotensin 1 (fish)   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 922

Comment: Peptide isolated from the white sucker fish (Catostomus commersonii)
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References
1. Dautzenberg FM, Py-Lang G, Higelin J, Fischer C, Wright MB, Huber G. (2001)
Different binding modes of amphibian and human corticotropin-releasing factor type 1 and type 2 receptors: evidence for evolutionary differences.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther, 296 (1): 113-20. [PMID:11123370]
2. Vaughan J, Donaldson C, Bittencourt J, Perrin MH, Lewis K, Sutton S, Chan R, Turnbull AV, Lovejoy D, Rivier C et al.. (1995)
Urocortin, a mammalian neuropeptide related to fish urotensin I and to corticotropin-releasing factor.
Nature, 378 (6554): 287-92. [PMID:7477349]