Asip (agouti signaling protein) - Rat Genome Database

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Keyword

Gene: Asip (agouti signaling protein) Rattus norvegicus

Symbol:

Asip

Name:

agouti signaling protein

Description:

ENCODES a protein that exhibits melanocortin receptor binding (ortholog); type 3 melanocortin receptor binding (ortholog); type 4 melanocortin receptor binding (ortholog); INVOLVED IN adult feeding behavior (ortholog); generation of precursor metabolites and energy (ortholog); genetic imprinting (ortholog); PARTICIPATES IN insulin responsive facilitative sugar transporter mediated glucose transport pathway; melanocortin system pathway; ASSOCIATED WITH Diabetes Mellitus (ortholog); Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 (ortholog); Obesity (ortholog); FOUND IN extracellular region (inferred); INTERACTS WITH ammonium chloride; benzo[a]pyrene (ortholog); bisphenol A (ortholog)

Type:

protein-coding

RefSeq Status:

PROVISIONAL

Also known as:

A; agouti; agouti ; Agouti (coat color); agouti signaling protein; agouti switch protein; agouti-signaling protein; ASP

Orthologs:

Homo sapiens : ASIP (agouti signaling protein) HGNC
Mus musculus : a (nonagouti) MGI

Allele / Splice:

Asip^em1Mcwi

Latest Assembly:

RGSC Genome Assembly v3.4

Position:

Map	Chr	Position	Strand	Source
Rat Cytogenetic Map	3	q42		NCBI
RGSC Genome Assembly v5.0	3	156,860,395 - 156,949,277	+	NCBI
RGSC Genome Assembly v3.4	3	145,445,175 - 145,536,831	+	NCBI
Rat Celera Assembly	3	142,203,571 - 142,291,521	+	NCBI
Genome Assembly 3.1	3	145,350,796 - 145,442,453	+	NCBI