NPS
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: NPS
- Official Name: neuropeptide S
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 594857
- UniProt: P0C0P6
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: N/A
- UniProt Summary: Modulates arousal and anxiety. May play an important anorexigenic role (By similarity). Binds to its receptor NPSR1 with nanomolar affinity to increase intracellular calcium concentrations (PubMed:15312648, PubMed:16790440). {ECO:0000250, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15312648, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16790440}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 14994
- Expression level (log2 read counts): -7.68