Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables neuropeptide hormone activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including insulin secretion; response to dietary excess; and response to insulin. Predicted to be located in Golgi apparatus; cytoplasmic vesicle; and neuronal cell body. Predicted to be active in extracellular space and glutamatergic synapse. Is expressed in brain and thalamus. Orthologous to human VGF (VGF nerve growth factor inducible).
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