Neuropeptide W | |||||||
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Symbol | ? | ||||||
UniProt | Q8N729 | ||||||
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Wikidata | Q21173201 | ||||||
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Neuropeptide W or preprotein L8 is a short human neuropeptide.[1] Neuropeptide W acts as a ligand for two neuropeptide B/W receptors, NPBWR1 and NPBWR2, which are integrated in GPCRs family of alpha-helical transmembrane proteins.[2][3]