Neurophysin II

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arginine vasopressin (neurophysin II, antidiuretic hormone, diabetes insipidus, neurohypophyseal)
Identifiers
Symbol	AVP
Alt. Symbols	ARVP
Entrez	551
HUGO	894
OMIM	192340
RefSeq	NM_000490
UniProt	P01185
Other data
Locus	Chr. 20 p13

Neurophysin II is a carrier protein which binds vasopressin.

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• MeSH Neurophysin+II

v • d • e Proteins: carrier proteins Hormone Follistatin - Growth hormone binding protein - Insulin-like growth factor binding protein - Neurophysins (Neurophysin I, II) Sex hormone binding globulin/Androgen binding protein - Transcortin - Thyroxine-binding globulin - Transthyretin Metal/element calcium (Calcium-binding protein, Calmodulin-binding proteins) - copper (Ceruloplasmin) - iron (Iron-binding proteins, Transferrin receptor) Vitamin Retinol binding protein (4) - Transcobalamin Other Acyl carrier protein - Adaptor protein - Cholesterylester transfer protein - F-box protein - GTP-binding protein - Latent TGF-beta binding protein - Light-harvesting complex - Membrane transport protein

Neurophysin II is also known as a stimulator of Prolactin secretion.