Description
Product Characteristics:
This gut peptide inhibits exocrine pancreatic secretion, has a vasoconstrictory action and inhibitis jejunal and colonic mobility.
Subcellular location: Secreted
Synonyms: PYY1, PYY-I, Peptide YY, PYY, Peptide tyrosine tyrosine
Target Information: The protein encoded by this gene is proteolytically processed to release a peptide that inhibits pancreatic secretion and mobility in the gut. Rare variations in this gene could increase susceptibility to obesity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2010]