SMIM20

Small integral membrane protein (SMIM) 20 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SMIM20 gene.[4] SMIM20 acts as a prohormone to the peptide hormone phoenixin which was discovered for the first time in 2013 in rodent sensory ganglia.[5]

SMIM20
Identifiers
AliasesSMIM20, C4orf52, small integral membrane protein 20, MITRAC7, PNX
External IDsOMIM: 617465 MGI: 1913528 HomoloGene: 82612 GeneCards: SMIM20
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 4 (human)[1]
Band4p15.2Start25,861,830 bp[1]
End25,929,874 bp[1]
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

389203

66278

Ensembl

ENSG00000250317

ENSMUSG00000061461

UniProt

Q8N5G0

D3Z7Q2

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001145432

NM_001145433

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001138904

NP_001138905

Location (UCSC)Chr 4: 25.86 – 25.93 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2][3]
Wikidata
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References
  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000250317 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Entrez Gene: Small integral membrane protein 20". Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  5. Neuroscience. 2013 Oct 10;250:622-31. doi: 10.1016 Yosten, G. L., Lyu, R. M., Hsueh, A. J., Avsian‐Kretchmer, O., Chang, J. K., Tullock, C. W., ... & Samson, W. K. (2013). A novel reproductive peptide, phoenixin. Journal of neuroendocrinology, 25(2), 206-215.

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