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Facts about Spexin.
Inhibits adrenocortical cell proliferation with minor stimulation on corticosteroid release (By similarity). .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | SPX |
| Uniprot: | Q9BT56 |
| Entrez: | 80763 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| spexin family |

Spexin
Mass (kDA):
13.302 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12p12.1 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (21526296..21532947) |
Expressed in the type I glomic cells within the carotid body (at protein level). Expressed predominantly in pancreas, testis, kidney, brain and placenta. Expressed in submucosal layer of esophagus and stomach fundus.
Secreted. Secreted, extracellular space. Cytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicle. Secreted via the classical ER/Golgi-dependent pathway into the extracellular medium largely as a full-length protein without the signal peptide, and not as a hydrolyzed and amidated peptide (PubMed:19193193 and PubMed:17284679). Localized extracellularly surrounding the villous trophoblastic cells. Detected in the serum.


PMID: 19132080 by Sonmez K., et al. Evolutionary sequence modeling for discovery of peptide hormones.
PMID: 17284679 by Mirabeau O., et al. Identification of novel peptide hormones in the human proteome by hidden Markov model screening.