The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Cholecystokinin across different species:

cholecystokinin B receptor (CCKBR), cholecystokinin (CCK), cholecystokinin-L (cck-l), cholecystokinin-N (cck-n), cholecystokinin (Cck), cholecystokinin (LOC100345534), cholecystokinin (LOC100355199), cholecystokinin (cckn)

Other aliases include:

CCK-CHR, CCK, MGC140193, cck-l, CCKN, cck-n, MGC117187

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Cholecystokinin:

cholecystokinin B receptor – cholecystokinin receptor – cholecystokinin – cholecystokinin-L – Cholecystokinins – cholecystokinin-N – OTTHUMP00000209369 – preprocholecystokinin

Cholecystokinin fulfills a number of functions:

G-protein coupled receptor activity – gastrin receptor activity – protein binding – receptor activity – neuropeptide hormone activity – hormone activity

Cholecystokinin is relevant to the following processes:

G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway – signal transduction – axonogenesis – eating behavior – neuron migration – activation of caspase activity – activation of protein kinase C activity by G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway – apoptosis – behavioral fear response – negative regulation of appetite – positive regulation of apoptosis – positive regulation of cell proliferation – positive regulation of mitochondrial depolarization – positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation – positive regulation of protein oligomerization – regulation of sensory perception of pain – release of cytochrome c from mitochondria – digestion

Locations for Cholecystokinin:

integral to membrane – membrane fraction – axon – extracellular region – axon hillock – dendrite – extracellular space – initial segment – neuronal cell body – perikaryon – terminal button

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology