ID UROC_RAT STANDARD; PRT; 122 AA. AC P55090; DT 01-OCT-1996 (Rel. 34, Created) DT 01-OCT-1996 (Rel. 34, Last sequence update) DT 15-DEC-1998 (Rel. 37, Last annotation update) DE UROCORTIN PRECURSOR (CORTICOTENSIN). GN UCN. OS Rattus norvegicus (Rat). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; OC Eutheria; Rodentia; Sciurognathi; Muridae; Murinae; Rattus. RN [1] RP SEQUENCE FROM N.A. RC STRAIN=SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RX MEDLINE; 96069764. RA VAUGHAN J.M., DONALDSON C.J., BITTENCOURT J., PERRIN M.H., LEWIS K.A., RA SUTTON S.W., CHAN R., TURNBULL A., LOVEJOY D., RIVIER C., RIVIER J.E., RA SAWCHENKO P., VALE W.W.; RT "Urocortin, a mammalian neuropeptide related to fish urotensin I and RT to corticotropin-releasing factor."; RL Nature 378:287-292(1995). CC -!- FUNCTION: ACTS IN VITRO TO STIMULATE THE SECRETION OF CC ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH). BINDS WITH HIGH AFFINITY TO CC CRF RECEPTOR TYPES 1, 2-ALPHA, AND 2-BETA. CC -!- SIMILARITY: BELONGS TO THE SAUVAGINE/CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING CC FACTOR/UROTENSIN I FAMILY OF PEPTIDES. CC -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC This SWISS-PROT entry is copyright. It is produced through a collaboration CC between the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the EMBL outstation - CC the European Bioinformatics Institute. There are no restrictions on its CC use by non-profit institutions as long as its content is in no way CC modified and this statement is not removed. Usage by and for commercial CC entities requires a license agreement (See http://www.isb-sib.ch/announce/ CC or send an email to license@isb-sib.ch). CC -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; U33935; AAA87566.1; -. DR PFAM; PF00473; CRF; 1. DR PROSITE; PS00511; CRF; 1. KW Hormone; Amidation; Cleavage on pair of basic residues; Signal. FT SIGNAL 1 25 POTENTIAL. FT PROPEP 26 80 FT PEPTIDE 81 120 UROCORTIN. FT MOD_RES 120 120 AMIDATION (G-121 PROVIDE AMIDE GROUP) (BY FT SIMILARITY). SQ SEQUENCE 122 AA; 13711 MW; C5FCF826 CRC32; MRQRGRATLL VALLLLVQLR PESSQWSPAA AAANVVQDPN LRWNPGVRNQ GGGVRALLLL LAERFPRRAG SEPAGERQRR DDPPLSIDLT FHLLRTLLEL ARTQSQRERA EQNRIIFDSV GK //