InnateDB: Systems Biology of the Innate Immune Response

Homo sapiens Protein: UTS2

Summary

InnateDB Protein

IDBP-88262.7

Last Modified

2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]

Gene Symbol

UTS2

Protein Name

urotensin 2

Synonyms

PRO1068; U-II; UCN2; UII;

Species

Homo sapiens

Ensembl Protein

ENSP00000054668

InnateDB Gene

IDBG-88258 (UTS2)

Protein Structure

UniProt Annotation

Function

Highly potent vasoconstrictor.

Subcellular Localization

Secreted.

Disease Associations

Tissue Specificity

Brain specific.

Comments

Interactions

Number of Interactions

This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.

Gene Ontology

Molecular Function

Biological Process

GO:0001666	response to hypoxia
GO:0003105	negative regulation of glomerular filtration
GO:0006936	muscle contraction
GO:0007204	positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration
GO:0007268	synaptic transmission
GO:0008217	regulation of blood pressure
GO:0010459	negative regulation of heart rate
GO:0010460	positive regulation of heart rate
GO:0010763	positive regulation of fibroblast migration
GO:0010841	positive regulation of circadian sleep/wake cycle, wakefulness
GO:0032224	positive regulation of synaptic transmission, cholinergic
GO:0032967	positive regulation of collagen biosynthetic process
GO:0033574	response to testosterone
GO:0035811	negative regulation of urine volume
GO:0035814	negative regulation of renal sodium excretion
GO:0042312	regulation of vasodilation
GO:0042493	response to drug
GO:0045597	positive regulation of cell differentiation
GO:0045766	positive regulation of angiogenesis
GO:0045776	negative regulation of blood pressure
GO:0045777	positive regulation of blood pressure
GO:0045909	positive regulation of vasodilation
GO:0046005	positive regulation of circadian sleep/wake cycle, REM sleep
GO:0046676	negative regulation of insulin secretion
GO:0048146	positive regulation of fibroblast proliferation