Natriuretic peptide precursor C

Natriuretic peptide C
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols NPPC ; CNP; CNP2
External IDs OMIM: 600296 MGI: 97369 HomoloGene: 7867 GeneCards: NPPC Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 4880 18159
Ensembl ENSG00000163273 ENSMUSG00000026241
UniProt P23582 Q61839
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_024409 NM_010933
RefSeq (protein) NP_077720 NP_035063
Location (UCSC) Chr 2:
231.92 – 231.93 Mb
Chr 1:
86.67 – 86.67 Mb
PubMed search

Natriuretic peptide precursor C, also known as NPPC, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NPPC gene.[1][2][3] The precursor NPPC protein is cleaved to the 22 amino acid peptide C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP).

Function

Natriuretic peptides comprise a family of 3 structurally related molecules: atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), and C-type natriuretic peptide, CNP, encoded by a gene symbolized NPPC. These peptides possess potent natriuretic, diuretic, and vasodilating activities and are implicated in body fluid homeostasis and blood pressure control.[1] Unlike ANP and BNP, CNP does not have direct natriuretic activity. This is because CNP is a selective agonist for the B-type natriuretic receptor (NPRB) whereas ANP and BNP are selective for NPRA.[4]

Structure of C-type natriuretic peptide (human)

References

  1. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: NPPC natriuretic peptide precursor C".
  2. Kaneko T, Shirakami G, Nakao K, Nagata I, Nakagawa O, Hama N, Suga S, Miyamoto S, Kubo H, Hirai O (May 1993). "C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) is the major natriuretic peptide in human cerebrospinal fluid". Brain Res. 612 (1–2): 104–9. doi:10.1016/0006-8993(93)91649-D. PMID 8330189.
  3. Ogawa Y, Itoh H, Yoshitake Y, Inoue M, Yoshimasa T, Serikawa T, Nakao K (November 1994). "Molecular cloning and chromosomal assignment of the mouse C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) gene (Nppc): comparison with the human CNP gene (NPPC)". Genomics 24 (2): 383–7. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1633. PMID 7698765.
  4. Barr CS, Rhodes P, Struthers AD (1996). "C-type natriuretic peptide". Peptides 17 (7): 1243–51. doi:10.1016/S0196-9781(96)00110-6. PMID 8959763.

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