| UniProt Protein Function: | Function: Receptor for neuropeptide Y and peptide YY. The rank order of affinity of this receptor for pancreatic polypeptides is PYY > NPY > PYY (3-36) > NPY (2-36) > [Ile-31, Gln-34] PP > [Leu-31, Pro-34] NPY > PP, [Pro-34] PYY and NPY free acid. |
| UniProt Protein Details: | Subcellular location: Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Tissue specificity: High levels in amygdala, corpus callosum, hippocampus and subthalamic nucleus. Also detectable in caudate nucleus, hypothalamus and substantia nigra. Sequence similarities: Belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family. |
| UniProt Code: | P49146 |
| NCBI GenInfo Identifier: | 1352610 |
| NCBI Gene ID: | 4887 |
| NCBI Accession: | P49146.1 |
| UniProt Secondary Accession: | P49146,Q13281, Q13457, Q4W5G7, Q6AZZ6, Q9UE67, |
| UniProt Related Accession: | P49146 |
| Molecular Weight: | 4272.76 |
| NCBI Full Name: | Neuropeptide Y receptor type 2 |
| NCBI Synonym Full Names: | neuropeptide Y receptor Y2 |
| NCBI Official Symbol: | NPY2R |
| NCBI Official Synonym Symbols: | NPY2-R |
| NCBI Protein Information: | neuropeptide Y receptor type 2; Y2 receptor; NPY-Y2 receptor |
| UniProt Protein Name: | Neuropeptide Y receptor type 2 |
| UniProt Synonym Protein Names: | NPY-Y2 receptor |
| Protein Family: | Neuropeptide Y receptor |
| UniProt Gene Name: | NPY2R |
| UniProt Entry Name: | NPY2R_HUMAN |