"Agouti Signaling Protein" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A secreted protein of approximately 131 amino acids (depending on species) that regulates the synthesis of eumelanin (brown/black) pigments in MELANOCYTES. Agouti protein antagonizes the signaling of MELANOCORTIN RECEPTORS and has wide distribution including ADIPOSE TISSUE; GONADS; and HEART. Its overexpression in agouti mice results in uniform yellow coat color, OBESITY, and metabolic defects similar to type II diabetes in humans.
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D054366
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D12.644.276.049 D12.776.467.049 D23.529.049
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Bonilla C, Panguluri RK, Taliaferro-Smith L, Argyropoulos G, Chen G, Adeyemo AA, Amoah A, Owusu S, Acheampong J, Agyenim-Boateng K, Eghan BA, Oli J, Okafor G, Abbiyesuku F, Johnson T, Rufus T, Fasanmade O, Chen Y, Collins FS, Dunston GM, Rotimi C, Kittles RA. Agouti-related protein promoter variant associated with leanness and decreased risk for diabetes in West Africans. Int J Obes (Lond). 2006 Apr; 30(4):715-21.