Identification
HMDB Protein ID CDBP03324
Secondary Accession Numbers Not Available
Name Agouti-signaling protein
Description Not Available
Synonyms
  1. ASP
  2. Agouti switch protein
Gene Name ASIP
Protein Type Enzyme
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in hormone-mediated signaling pathway
Specific Function Involved in the regulation of melanogenesis. The binding of ASP to MC1R precludes alpha-MSH initiated signaling and thus blocks production of cAMP, leading to a down-regulation of eumelanogenesis (brown/black pigment) and thus increasing synthesis of pheomelanin (yellow/red pigment). In higher primates, agouti may affect the quality of hair pigmentation rather than its pattern of deposition. Could well play a role in neuroendocrine aspects of melanocortin action. May have some functional role in regulating the lipid metabolism with adipocytes
GO Classification
Component
extracellular region
Process
hormone-mediated signaling pathway
signaling
signaling pathway
Cellular Location
  1. Secreted
Pathways
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location Chromosome:2
Locus 20q11.2-q12
SNPs ASIP
Gene Sequence
>399 bp
ATGGATGTCACCCGCTTACTCCTGGCCACCCTGCTGGTCTTCCTCTGCTTCTTCACTGCC
AACAGCCACCTGCCACCTGAGGAGAAGCTCCGAGATGACAGGAGCCTGAGAAGCAACTCC
TCTGTGAACCTACTGGATGTCCCTTCTGTCTCTATTGTGGCGCTGAACAAGAAATCCAAA
CAGATCGGCAGAAAAGCAGCAGAAAAGAAAAGATCTTCTAAGAAGGAGGCTTCGATGAAG
AAAGTGGTGCGGCCCCGGACCCCCCTATCTGCGCCCTGCGTGGCCACCCGCAACAGCTGC
AAGCCGCCGGCACCCGCCTGCTGCGACCCGTGCGCCTCCTGCCAGTGCCGCTTCTTCCGC
AGCGCCTGCTCCTGCCGCGTGCTCAGCCTCAACTGCTGA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 132
Molecular Weight 14514.9
Theoretical pI 10.34
Pfam Domain Function
Signals
  • ["1-22"]
Transmembrane Regions
  • ["None"]
Protein Sequence
>Agouti-signaling protein
MDVTRLLLATLLVFLCFFTANSHLPPEEKLRDDRSLRSNSSVNLLDVPSVSIVALNKKSK
QIGRKAAEKKRSSKKEASMKKVVRPRTPLSAPCVATRNSCKPPAPACCDPCASCQCRFFR
SACSCRVLSLNC
GenBank ID Protein 8953446
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID P42127
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name ASIP_HUMAN
PDB IDs
GenBank Gene ID AL035458
GeneCard ID ASIP
GenAtlas ID ASIP
HGNC ID HGNC:745
References
General References Not Available