Agouti signalling peptide

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agouti signaling 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, also referred to as Agouti, is a peptide which acts as an antagonist at melanocortin receptors, specifically, MC1. It is produced by the Agouti gene.

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