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

galanin (Gal), galanin prepropeptide (Gal), galanin prepropeptide (GAL), galanin prepropeptide, gene 2 (gal.2)

Other aliases include:

Galn, GALN, GLNN, GMAP, MGC40167, MGC148823, xgal, galanin

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

galanin – galanin-related peptide – galanin-message-associated peptide – galanin prepropeptide, gene 2

Galanin Prepropeptide fulfills a number of functions:

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

Galanin Prepropeptide is relevant to the following processes:

feeding behavior – inflammatory response – negative regulation of cell proliferation – negative regulation of lymphocyte proliferation – nervous system development – neuropeptide signaling pathway – positive regulation of apoptosis – regulation of glucocorticoid metabolic process – regulation of immune response – response to drug – response to estrogen stimulus – response to insulin stimulus – response to stress – growth hormone secretion – insulin secretion – smooth muscle contraction

Locations for Galanin Prepropeptide:

Golgi apparatus – cytoplasm – extracellular region – stored secretory granule – cellular_component

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology