Persephin
| persephin | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | PSPN | ||||||
| NCBI gene | 5623 | ||||||
| HGNC | 9579 | ||||||
| OMIM | 602921 | ||||||
| RefSeq | NM_004158 | ||||||
| UniProt | O60542 | ||||||
| Other data | |||||||
| Locus | Chr. 19 p13.3 | ||||||
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Persephin is a neurotrophic factor in the glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) family. Persephin shares around a 40% similarity in amino acid sequence compared to GDNF and neurturin, two members of the GDNF family.