| neurophysin | <protein> Carrier protein (10 kD, 90-97 amino acids) that transports neurohypophysial hormones along axons, from the hypothalamus to the posterior lobe of the pituitary. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| neurophysins | A group of small, soluble proteins secreted by the hypothalamus. They serve as binding proteins for oxytocin and vasopressin during their transport to the posterior pituitary. They are secreted with the hormones but have no known functions other than serving as a carrier. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pro-ocytocin-neurophysin convertase | <enzyme> Cleaves pro-ocytocin-neurophysin at the cooh-terminal side of arg 12 to release the bioactive peptide Registry number: EC 3.4.99.- Synonym: pro-ot-np convertase, pro-oxytocin-neurophysin convertase (26 Jun 1999) |
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