National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Atrial Natriuretic Factor
Synonyms

Atriopeptin

Atrial Natriuretic Peptide

Atrionatriuretic Factor

Cardionatrin

Atrial Natriuretic Factor

ANF

ANP

NPPA

Definitions

Atrial natriuretic factor (28 aa, ~3 kDa) is encoded by the human NPPA gene. This protein is involved in both cardiac homeostasis and pregnancy.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C139911

code

C139911

DEFINITION

Atrial natriuretic factor (28 aa, ~3 kDa) is encoded by the human NPPA gene. This protein is involved in both cardiac homeostasis and pregnancy.

DesignNote

Atrial natriuretic factor can be cleaved by macrophage metalloelastase (MME), which promotes degradation of the hormone. (UniProt)

FULL_SYN

Atriopeptin

Atrial Natriuretic Peptide

Atrionatriuretic Factor

Cardionatrin

Atrial Natriuretic Factor

ANF

ANP

NPPA

label

Atrial Natriuretic Factor

NCI_META_CUI

CL537991

OMIM_Number

108780

Preferred_Name

Atrial Natriuretic Factor

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C139911

Semantic_Type

Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein

Hormone

Swiss_Prot

P01160

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C139909

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