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Recombinant Murine Neuropoietin is a 19.8 kDa protein containing 183 amino acid residues.
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Neuropoietin is a newly identified member of the IL-6 cytokine family. Members of this family, including IL-6, IL-11, oncostatin M, leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1), cardiotrophin-like cytokine, and CNTF, display a four-helix bundle structure, and signal through gp130-containing receptor complexes. Neuropoietin, which is predominantly expressed in neuroepithelia during embryonic life, acts through a receptor complex formed of a CNTF receptor-alpha component, gp 130, and LIF receptor. Like CNTF, it promotes the survival of embryonic motor neurons, and could increase the proliferation of neural precursor cells in the presence of EGF and FGF-2. Interestingly, the human neuropoietin gene has evolved toward a pseudogene, suggesting that alternative signaling via CNTF is an effective compensatory pathway.
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Protein Aliases: Cardiotrophin-2; CT-2; CTF2P; Neuropoietin; Np
Gene Aliases: Ctf2; Gm494; NP
UniProt ID: (Mouse) P83714
Entrez Gene ID: (Mouse) 244218
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