Neuropeptide
NPID NP04405
Name Orexin-B
Organism Rattus norvegicus
NCBI Taxa ID 10116
Tissue Specificity Produced by a small group of neurons restricted to the lateral and posterior hypothalamus and perifornical areas. Positive neurons project widely throughout the entire neuroaxis. Particularly abundant projections in the cerebral cortex, olfactory bulb, hippocampus, amygdala, septum, diagonal band of Broca, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, thalamus, anterior and posterior hypothalamus, midbrain, brainstem, and spinal cord. Immunoreactivity reported in the enteric nervous system and pancreas. In small amount, also detected in the testis.
Family Orexin
UniProt ID OREX_RAT
Length 28
Modification
Gene Ontology
Sequence RPGPPGLQGRLQRLLQANGNHAAGILTM
Properties View
Structure NA
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