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arginine vasopressin (neurophysin II, antidiuretic hormone, diabetes insipidus, neurohypophyseal)
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| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | AVP |
| Alt. Symbols | ARVP |
| Entrez | 551 |
| HUGO | 894 |
| OMIM | 192340 |
| RefSeq | NM_000490 |
| UniProt | P01185 |
| Other data | |
| Locus | Chr. 20 p13 |
Neurophysin II is a carrier protein which binds vasopressin. It is generated from the same precursor as vasopressin.
It can be associated with neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus.[1]
Neurophysin II is also known as a stimulator of Prolactin secretion.
References
- ^ Christensen JH, Siggaard C, Corydon TJ, et al (January 2004). "Six novel mutations in the arginine vasopressin gene in 15 kindreds with autosomal dominant familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus give further insight into the pathogenesis". Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 12 (1): 44–51. doi:. PMID 14673472. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201086.
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