FRCP2 antibody, irisin antibody, 1500001L03Rik antibody, AI836596 antibody, C87088 antibody, PeP antibody, Pxp antibody, fndc5 antibody, si:dkey-264p5.1 antibody, zgc:158684 antibody, fibronectin type III domain containing 5 antibody, fibronectin type III domain containing 5b antibody, FNDC5 antibody, Fndc5 antibody, fndc5b antibody
Background
Irisin, also called Fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 5, is a secreted protein that is released from muscle cells during exercise. The encoded protein may participate in the development of brown fat. Translation of the precursor protein initiates at a non-AUG start codon at a position that is conserved as an AUG start codon in other organisms.