General Information

  • ID:  hor006125
  • Uniprot ID:  P18145
  • Protein name:  C-type natriuretic peptide
  • Gene name:  cnp
  • Organism:  Anguilla japonica (Japanese eel)
  • Family:  Natriuretic peptide family
  • Source:  animal
  • Expression:  Expression is generally higher in freshwater eels than in saltwater ones, except in brain, where the levels are the same. |Highly expressed in brain and liver, and moderately in gut, gills and heart. Expressed to a low level in atrium, ventricle and liver
  • Disease:  NA
  • Comments:  NA
  • Taxonomy:   Anguilla (genus), Anguillidae (family), Anguilliformes (order), Elopomorpha , Elopocephala , Elopocephalai , Teleostei (infraclass), Neopterygii (subclass), Actinopteri (class), Actinopterygii (superclass), Euteleostomi , Teleostomi , Gnathostomata , Vertebrata , Craniata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Deuterostomia , Bilateria , Eumetazoa , Metazoa (kingdom), Opisthokonta , Eukaryota (superkingdom),cellular organisms
  • GO MF:  GO:0005179 hormone activity
  • GO BP:  GO:0006182 cGMP biosynthetic process; GO:0007168 receptor guanylyl cyclase signaling pathway; GO:0097746 blood vessel diameter maintenance
  • GO CC:  GO:0005576 extracellular region

Sequence Information

  • Sequence:  GWNRGCFGLKLDRIGSLSGLGC
  • Length:  22
  • Propeptide:  MMCKALVFAVLLLAVPLERADSRALRTPVDAIQFVEQFLEHYNDLLNIDDLENQTGDQLESPQPLSSGLKVAEYPKWVDVPSQNDNTWFRLLRGALANRKRALPDRAKRGWNRGCFGLKLDRIGSLSGLGC
  • Signal peptide:  MMCKALVFAVLLLAVPLERA
  • Modification:  NA
  • Glycosylation:  NA
  • Mutagenesis:  NA

Activity

  • Function:  Hormone which plays a role in endochondral ossification through regulation of cartilaginous growth plate chondrocytes proliferation and differentiation. May also be vasoactive and natriuretic. May be important for freshwater adaptation.
  • Mechanism:  NA
  • Cross BBB:  NA
  • Target:  NA
  • Target Unid:  NA
  • IC50: NA
  • EC50: NA
  • ED50: NA
  • kd: NA
  • Half life: NA

Structure

  • Disulfide bond:  6-22
  • Structure ID:  AF-P18145-F1(AlphaFold_DB_ID)
  • Structure: (PDB_ID-from https://www.rcsb.org/; AlphaFold_DB_ID-from https://alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/; hordbxxxxxx_AF2.pdb was predicted structure by AlphaFold2; hordbxxxxxx_ESM.pdb was predicted structure by ESMFold)
  •    hor006125_AF2.pdbhor006125_ESM.pdb

Physical Information

Mass: 268446 Formula: C100H161N31O28S2
Absent amino acids: AEHMPQTVY Common amino acids: G
pI: 8.83 Basic residues: 3
Polar residues: 11 Hydrophobic residues: 7
Hydrophobicity: 12.27 Boman Index: -1944
Half-Life: 30 hour Half-Life Yeast: >20 hour
Half-Life E.Coli: >10 hour Aliphatic Index 88.64
Instability Index: 575.91 Extinction Coefficient cystines: 5625
Absorbance 280nm: 267.86

Literature

  • PubMed ID:  11353677
  • Title:  Enhanced expression and release of C-type natriuretic peptide in freshwater eels.
  • PubMed ID:  2143379
  • Title:  Amino acid sequence and relative biological activity of a natriuretic peptide isolated from eel brain.