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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP01829
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • 7192
Name Oxytocin-neurophysin 1
Synonyms
  1. Neurophysin 1
  2. OT-NPI
  3. Ocytocin
  4. Oxytocin
Gene Name OXT
Protein Type Enzyme
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in neurohypophyseal hormone activity
Specific Function Oxytocin causes contraction of the smooth muscle of the uterus and of the mammary gland
Pathways Not Available
Reactions Not Available
GO Classification
Component
extracellular region
Function
hormone activity
binding
protein binding
receptor binding
neuropeptide hormone activity
neurohypophyseal hormone activity
Cellular Location
  1. Secreted
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location Chromosome:2
Locus 20p13
SNPs OXT
Gene Sequence
>378 bp
ATGGCCGGCCCCAGCCTCGCTTGCTGTCTGCTCGGCCTCCTGGCGCTGACCTCCGCCTGC
TACATCCAGAACTGCCCCCTGGGAGGCAAGAGGGCCGCGCCGGACCTCGACGTGCGCAAG
TGCCTCCCCTGCGGCCCCGGGGGCAAAGGCCGCTGCTTCGGGCCCAATATCTGCTGCGCG
GAAGAGCTGGGCTGCTTCGTGGGCACCGCCGAAGCGCTGCGCTGCCAGGAGGAGAACTAC
CTGCCGTCGCCCTGCCAGTCCGGCCAGAAGGCGTGCGGGAGCGGGGGCCGCTGCGCGGTC
TTGGGCCTCTGCTGCAGCCCGGACGGCTGCCACGCCGACCCTGCCTGCGACGCGGAAGCC
ACCTTCTCCCAGCGCTGA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 125
Molecular Weight 12721.5
Theoretical pI 5.78
Pfam Domain Function
Signals
  • 1-19
Transmembrane Regions
  • None
Protein Sequence
>Oxytocin-neurophysin 1
MAGPSLACCLLGLLALTSACYIQNCPLGGKRAAPDLDVRKCLPCGPGGKGRCFGPNICCA
EELGCFVGTAEALRCQEENYLPSPCQSGQKACGSGGRCAVLGLCCSPDGCHADPACDAEA
TFSQR
GenBank ID Protein 10334459
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID P01178
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name NEU1_HUMAN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID AL160414
GeneCard ID OXT
GenAtlas ID OXT
HGNC ID HGNC:8528
References
General References
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