NPW
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: NPW
- Official Name: neuropeptide W
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 283869
- UniProt: Q8N729
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: N/A
- UniProt Summary: Plays a regulatory role in the organization of neuroendocrine signals accessing the anterior pituitary gland. Stimulates water drinking and food intake. May play a role in the hypothalamic response to stress (By similarity). NPW23 activates GPR7 and GPR8 more efficiently than NPW30. {ECO:0000250}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 7783
- Expression level (log2 read counts): -2.14