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    Ghrl ghrelin [ Mus musculus (house mouse) ]

    Gene ID: 58991, updated on 27-Nov-2024

    Summary

    Official Symbol
    Ghrlprovided by MGI
    Official Full Name
    ghrelinprovided by MGI
    Primary source
    MGI:MGI:1930008
    See related
    Ensembl:ENSMUSG00000064177 AllianceGenome:MGI:1930008
    Gene type
    protein coding
    RefSeq status
    REVIEWED
    Organism
    Mus musculus
    Lineage
    Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Mus; Mus
    Also known as
    Ghr; m46; MTLRP; MTLRPAP; 2210006E23Rik
    Summary
    This gene encodes a preproprotein that undergoes proteolytic processing to yield two bioactive peptides, ghrelin and obestatin. The hormone ghrelin plays a role in enhancing appetite and has numerous other biological functions that include stimulating the secretion of growth hormone (somatotropin) from the anterior pituitary gland. Obestatin is thought to be a hormone that functions in decreasing appetite. Mice lacking the encoded protein develop normally and exhibit no gross anatomical abnormalities. This gene encodes distinct isoforms, some or all of which may undergo similar proteolytic processing. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2016]
    Expression
    Restricted expression toward stomach adult (RPKM 203.4) See more
    Orthologs
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    Genomic context

    See Ghrl in Genome Data Viewer
    Location:
    6 E3; 6 52.84 cM
    Exon count:
    6
    Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
    RS_2024_02 current GRCm39 (GCF_000001635.27) 6 NC_000072.7 (113693080..113696872, complement)
    108.20200622 previous assembly GRCm38.p6 (GCF_000001635.26) 6 NC_000072.6 (113716119..113719911, complement)

    Chromosome 6 - NC_000072.7Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene STARR-positive B cell enhancer ABC_E2798 Neighboring gene STARR-seq mESC enhancer starr_17046 Neighboring gene STARR-positive B cell enhancer ABC_E6467 Neighboring gene STARR-positive B cell enhancer ABC_E6468 Neighboring gene STARR-positive B cell enhancer ABC_E3671 Neighboring gene STARR-positive B cell enhancer ABC_E9672 Neighboring gene STARR-positive B cell enhancer ABC_E1707 Neighboring gene interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 2 Neighboring gene STARR-seq mESC enhancer starr_17051 Neighboring gene STARR-positive B cell enhancer ABC_E6469 Neighboring gene TatD DNase domain containing 2 Neighboring gene microRNA 7042 Neighboring gene SEC13 homolog, nuclear pore and COPII coat complex component Neighboring gene ATPase, Ca++ transporting, plasma membrane 2 Neighboring gene STARR-seq mESC enhancer starr_17054 Neighboring gene STARR-seq mESC enhancer starr_17055 Neighboring gene predicted gene 15083

    Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

    Expression

    • Project title: Mouse ENCODE transcriptome data
    • Description: RNA profiling data sets generated by the Mouse ENCODE project.
    • BioProject: PRJNA66167
    • Publication: PMID 25409824
    • Analysis date: n/a

    Bibliography

    GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

    What's a GeneRIF?

    Variation

    Alleles

    Alleles of this type are documented at Mouse Genome Informatics  (MGI)

    Pathways from PubChem

    General gene information

    Markers

    Gene Ontology Provided by MGI

    Function Evidence Code Pubs
    enables G protein-coupled receptor binding ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    enables ghrelin receptor binding IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    enables ghrelin receptor binding ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    enables ghrelin receptor binding ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    enables growth hormone-releasing hormone activity IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    enables growth hormone-releasing hormone activity ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    enables growth hormone-releasing hormone activity ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    enables hormone activity ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    enables hormone activity ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    enables hormone activity TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein tyrosine kinase activator activity ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    enables protein tyrosine kinase activator activity ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    Process Evidence Code Pubs
    involved_in G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in actin polymerization or depolymerization ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in actin polymerization or depolymerization ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in adult feeding behavior IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in decidualization ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in decidualization ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    acts_upstream_of_or_within dendrite development IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    acts_upstream_of_or_within dendrite development ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in dendrite development ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    acts_upstream_of_or_within excitatory postsynaptic potential IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in gastric acid secretion IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    involved_in gastric acid secretion IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in gastric acid secretion ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of apoptotic process ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of apoptotic process ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of circadian sleep/wake cycle, REM sleep IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of circadian sleep/wake cycle, REM sleep ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of endothelial cell proliferation ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of endothelial cell proliferation ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of inflammatory response IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of inflammatory response ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of inflammatory response ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    acts_upstream_of_or_within negative regulation of insulin secretion IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    acts_upstream_of_or_within negative regulation of insulin secretion ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in negative regulation of insulin secretion ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of interleukin-1 beta production ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of interleukin-1 beta production ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of interleukin-6 production ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of interleukin-6 production ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    acts_upstream_of_or_within negative regulation of locomotion IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in negative regulation of tumor necrosis factor production ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of tumor necrosis factor production ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of MAPK cascade ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of MAPK cascade ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of adipose tissue development IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of adipose tissue development ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of appetite IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in positive regulation of appetite IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of appetite IGI
    Inferred from Genetic Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    NOT acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of appetite IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of appetite IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in positive regulation of appetite ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of bone development IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of bone development ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of circadian sleep/wake cycle, non-REM sleep IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of circadian sleep/wake cycle, non-REM sleep ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in positive regulation of corticotropin secretion IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of corticotropin secretion ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of cortisol secretion IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of cortisol secretion ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of eating behavior IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of eating behavior ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of feeding behavior ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of gastric mucosal blood circulation IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of gastric mucosal blood circulation ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of gastro-intestinal system smooth muscle contraction ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of growth ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of growth hormone secretion IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of growth hormone secretion IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of growth hormone secretion ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of growth rate IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of growth rate ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of insulin secretion ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of insulin secretion ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of insulin secretion involved in cellular response to glucose stimulus IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of insulin secretion involved in cellular response to glucose stimulus ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of response to food ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of response to food ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of small intestinal transit IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of small intestinal transit ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of small intestine smooth muscle contraction IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of small intestine smooth muscle contraction ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of sprouting angiogenesis IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of sprouting angiogenesis ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of synapse assembly IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of synapse assembly ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of synapse assembly ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of vascular endothelial cell proliferation IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of vascular endothelial cell proliferation ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in postsynaptic modulation of chemical synaptic transmission IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in postsynaptic modulation of chemical synaptic transmission ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of cell population proliferation ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of cell population proliferation ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of gastric motility IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of gastric motility ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of postsynapse organization IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of postsynapse organization ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of response to food IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of response to food ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of response to food ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of transmission of nerve impulse IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of transmission of nerve impulse ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in response to electrical stimulus IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in response to estrogen ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in response to estrogen ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in response to hormone ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    involved_in response to hormone ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    acts_upstream_of synapse assembly IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    acts_upstream_of_or_within visual learning ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    Component Evidence Code Pubs
    located_in Schaffer collateral - CA1 synapse IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    is_active_in Schaffer collateral - CA1 synapse ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    located_in axon ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    located_in axon ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    located_in cytoplasm IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in extracellular region IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in extracellular region ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    located_in extracellular region ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    is_active_in extracellular space IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    located_in extracellular space ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    located_in extracellular space ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    located_in glutamatergic synapse IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    is_active_in glutamatergic synapse ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    is_active_in neuronal dense core vesicle lumen IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in postsynapse IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     

    General protein information

    Preferred Names
    appetite-regulating hormone
    Names
    growth hormone secretagogue
    growth hormone-releasing peptide
    motilin-related peptide
    preproghrelin
    proghrelin

    NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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    RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

    These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

    These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. NM_001286404.1NP_001273333.1  appetite-regulating hormone isoform 2 preproprotein

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001273333.1

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (2) differs in the 5' UTR and uses an alternate in-frame splice site in the 5' coding region compared to variant 1. This results in a shorter protein (isoform 2) compared to isoform 1.
      Source sequence(s)
      AK008658, AV079302, BY149645
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS85127.1
      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      Q9EQX0
      Related
      ENSMUSP00000145096.2, ENSMUST00000204163.3
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      pfam04643
      Location:56114
      Motilin_assoc; Motilin/ghrelin-associated peptide
      pfam04644
      Location:2550
      Motilin_ghrelin; Motilin/ghrelin
    2. NM_001286405.1NP_001273334.1  appetite-regulating hormone isoform 3 precursor

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001273334.1

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (3) differs in the 5' UTR and lacks an exon in the 3' coding region resulting in a frameshift, compared to variant 1. The encoded protein (isoform 3) is shorter than isoform 1 and has a distinct C-terminus. This isoform (3) may undergo proteolytic processing similar to isoform 1.
      Source sequence(s)
      AK008860, BC094911
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS85128.1
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      Q811T4
      Related
      ENSMUSP00000145366.2, ENSMUST00000203363.3
      Conserved Domains (1) summary
      pfam04644
      Location:2551
      Motilin_ghrelin; Motilin/ghrelin
    3. NM_001286406.1NP_001273335.1  appetite-regulating hormone isoform 4 precursor

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001273335.1

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (4) differs in the 5' UTR and lacks an in-frame exon in the 5' coding region compared to variant 1. The encoded protein (isoform 4) is shorter than isoform 1. This isoform (4) may undergo proteolytic processing similar to isoform 1.
      Source sequence(s)
      AB111891, AK008860
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS85126.1
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      Q7TSD1
      Related
      ENSMUSP00000145514.2, ENSMUST00000203588.2
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      pfam04643
      Location:3676
      Motilin_assoc; Motilin/ghrelin-associated peptide
      pfam04644
      Location:2436
      Motilin_ghrelin; Motilin/ghrelin
    4. NM_001379129.1NP_001366058.1  appetite-regulating hormone isoform 1 preproprotein

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (6), as well as variant 1, encodes isoform 1.
      Source sequence(s)
      AC117596
      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      Q9EQX0, Q9WUZ1
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      A2RSS9
      Related
      ENSMUSP00000145281.2, ENSMUST00000203770.3
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      pfam04643
      Location:57115
      Motilin_assoc; Motilin/ghrelin-associated peptide
      pfam04644
      Location:2451
      Motilin_ghrelin; Motilin/ghrelin
    5. NM_021488.5NP_067463.2  appetite-regulating hormone isoform 1 preproprotein

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_067463.2

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (1) represents the longest transcript and encodes the longest isoform (1).
      Source sequence(s)
      AC117596, AK008658, AV079302
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS20432.1
      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      Q9EQX0, Q9WUZ1
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      A2RSS9
      Related
      ENSMUSP00000069567.6, ENSMUST00000064993.8
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      pfam04643
      Location:57115
      Motilin_assoc; Motilin/ghrelin-associated peptide
      pfam04644
      Location:2451
      Motilin_ghrelin; Motilin/ghrelin

    RNA

    1. NR_138135.1 RNA Sequence

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (5) lacks multiple exons and contains an alternate 5' terminal exon compared to variant 1. This variant is represented as non-coding because the predicted protein does not meet RefSeq quality criteria.
      Source sequence(s)
      AC117596, AV079302, CK137452
      Related
      ENSMUST00000204533.3

    RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001635.27-RS_2024_02

    The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

    Reference GRCm39 C57BL/6J

    Genomic

    1. NC_000072.7 Reference GRCm39 C57BL/6J

      Range
      113693080..113696872 complement
      Download
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