Vasoactive intestinal peptide

VIP
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	2RRI, 2RRH
Identifiers
Aliases	VIP, vasoactive intestinal peptide, PHM27
External IDs	OMIM: 192320; MGI: 98933; HomoloGene: 2539; GeneCards: VIP; OMA:VIP - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 6 (human)
End	152,759,765 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 10 (mouse)
End	5,597,617 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	appendix; ; rectum; ; gonad; ; muscle layer of sigmoid colon; ; testicle; ; gastric mucosa; ; endothelial cell; ; transverse colon; ; cingulate gyrus; ; anterior cingulate cortex;
	Top expressed in
	suprachiasmatic nucleus; ; Paneth cell; ; prefrontal cortex; ; left colon; ; primary visual cortex; ; duodenum; ; barrel cortex; ; superior frontal gyrus; ; pyloric antrum; ; ileum;
	More reference expression data
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	hormone activity; protein binding; neuropeptide hormone activity; peptide hormone receptor binding;
Cellular component	extracellular region; intracellular anatomical structure; neuron projection; perikaryon;
Biological process	G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway; body fluid secretion; prolactin secretion; mRNA stabilization; positive regulation of cell population proliferation; innate immune response; positive regulation of protein catabolic process; regulation of protein localization; antimicrobial humoral immune response mediated by antimicrobial peptide; regulation of signaling receptor activity; adenylate cyclase-activating G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway; positive regulation of endothelial cell proliferation; learning or memory; positive regulation of epinephrine secretion; negative regulation of apoptotic process; negative regulation of potassium ion transport; epinephrine secretion; negative regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation; regulation of sensory perception of pain; positive regulation of penile erection; phospholipase C-activating G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	7432
	22353
	ENSG00000146469
	ENSMUSG00000019772
	P01282
	P32648
	NM_003381; NM_194435
	NM_011702; NM_001313969
	NP_003372; NP_919416
NP_001300898; NP_035832; NP_001394459; NP_001394460; NP_001394461;
	NP_001394462; NP_001394463
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Vasoactive intestinal peptide, also known as vasoactive intestinal polypeptide or VIP, is a peptide hormone that is vasoactive in the intestine. VIP is a peptide of 28 amino acid residues that belongs to a glucagon/secretin superfamily, the ligand of class II G protein–coupled receptors. VIP is produced in many tissues of vertebrates including the gut, pancreas, neocortex, and suprachiasmatic nuclei of the hypothalamus in the brain. VIP stimulates contractility in the heart, causes vasodilation, increases glycogenolysis, lowers arterial blood pressure and relaxes the smooth muscle of trachea, stomach and gallbladder. In humans, the vasoactive intestinal peptide is encoded by the VIP gene.

VIP has a half-life (t_½) in the blood of about two minutes.