Agouti signalling peptide

agouti signalling protein, nonagouti homolog (mouse)
Identifiers
Symbol	ASIP
Alt. symbols	AGTIL
Entrez	434
HUGO	745
OMIM	600201
RefSeq	NM_001672
UniProt	P42127
Other data
Locus	Chr. 20 q11.2-q12

Agouti signalling peptide, a product of the Agouti gene, is a peptide consisting of 131 amino acids. Its discovery was published in 1994 in the scientific journal Nature where its functional properties were described. It acts as an inverse agonist at melanocortin receptors, specifically, MC1.^[1] It is produced by the Agouti gene ASIP.^[2]^[3]

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In mice, the agouti gene encodes a paracrine signalling molecule that causes hair follicle melanocytes to synthesize pheomelanin, a yellow pigment, instead of the black or brown pigment, eumelanin. Pleiotropic effects of constitutive expression of the mouse gene include adult-onset obesity, increased tumor susceptibility, and premature infertility. This gene is highly similar to the mouse gene and encodes a secreted protein that may (1) affect the quality of hair pigmentation, (2) act as an inverse agonist of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone, (3) play a role in neuroendocrine aspects of melanocortin action, and (4) have a functional role in regulating lipid metabolism in adipocytes.^[4]

References [edit]

^ Lu D, Willard D, Patel IR, Kadwell S, Overton L, Kost T, Luther M, Chen W, Woychik RP, Wilkison WO, et al (October 1994). "Agouti protein is an antagonist of the melanocyte-stimulating-hormone receptor". Nature 371 (6500): 709–802. doi:10.1038/371799a0. PMID 7935841.
^ Kwon HY, Bultman SJ, Löffler C, Chen WJ, Furdon PJ, Powell JG, Usala AL, Wilkison W, Hansmann I, Woychik RP (October 1994). "Molecular structure and chromosomal mapping of the human homolog of the agouti gene". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91 (21): 9760–4. doi:10.1073/pnas.91.21.9760. PMC 44896. PMID 7937887.
^ Wilson BD, Ollmann MM, Kang L, Stoffel M, Bell GI, Barsh GS (February 1995). "Structure and function of ASP, the human homolog of the mouse agouti gene". Hum. Mol. Genet. 4 (2): 223–30. doi:10.1093/hmg/4.2.223. PMID 7757071.
^ "Entrez Gene: ASIP".

External links [edit]

agouti protein at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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[pmid7935841-1] Lu D, Willard D, Patel IR, Kadwell S, Overton L, Kost T, Luther M, Chen W, Woychik RP, Wilkison WO, et al (October 1994). "Agouti protein is an antagonist of the melanocyte-stimulating-hormone receptor". Nature 371 (6500): 709–802. doi:10.1038/371799a0. PMID 7935841.

[pmid7937887-2] Kwon HY, Bultman SJ, Löffler C, Chen WJ, Furdon PJ, Powell JG, Usala AL, Wilkison W, Hansmann I, Woychik RP (October 1994). "Molecular structure and chromosomal mapping of the human homolog of the agouti gene". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91 (21): 9760–4. doi:10.1073/pnas.91.21.9760. PMC 44896. PMID 7937887.

[pmid7757071-3] Wilson BD, Ollmann MM, Kang L, Stoffel M, Bell GI, Barsh GS (February 1995). "Structure and function of ASP, the human homolog of the mouse agouti gene". Hum. Mol. Genet. 4 (2): 223–30. doi:10.1093/hmg/4.2.223. PMID 7757071.

[entrez-4] "Entrez Gene: ASIP".

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