humanin

human protein (annotated by UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Q8IVG9)
Protein protein Q17027916
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humanin

Summary

humanin is a protein[1]. humanin is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • humanin's instance of is recorded as protein[3].
  • humanin is part of Humanin family[4].
  • humanin's molecular function is recorded as signaling receptor binding[5].
  • humanin's molecular function is recorded as protein binding[6].
  • humanin's molecular function is recorded as receptor antagonist activity[7].
  • humanin's molecular function is recorded as receptor antagonist activity[8].
  • humanin's cell component is recorded as cytoplasm[9].
  • humanin's cell component is recorded as perinuclear region of cytoplasm[10].
  • humanin's cell component is recorded as extracellular region[11].
  • humanin's cell component is recorded as mitochondrion[12].
  • humanin's biological process is recorded as negative regulation of apoptotic process[13].
  • humanin's biological process is recorded as leukocyte chemotaxis[14].
  • humanin's biological process is recorded as cellular iron ion homeostasis[15].
  • humanin's biological process is recorded as apoptotic process[16].
  • humanin's biological process is recorded as extracellular negative regulation of signal transduction[17].
  • humanin's biological process is recorded as G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway[18].
  • humanin's biological process is recorded as negative regulation of execution phase of apoptosis[19].
  • humanin's biological process is recorded as negative regulation of signaling receptor activity[20].
  • humanin's encoded by is recorded as MT-RNR2[21].
  • humanin's found in taxon is recorded as Homo sapiens[22].

Why It Matters

humanin is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Humanin binds and nullifies Bid activity by blocking its activation of Bax and Bak. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Interaction between the Alzheimer's survival peptide humanin and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 3 regulates cell survival and apoptosis. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Humanin, a newly identified neuroprotective factor, uses the G protein-coupled formylpeptide receptor-like-1 as a functional receptor. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Humanin, a newly identified neuroprotective factor, uses the G protein-coupled formylpeptide receptor-like-1 as a functional receptor. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Interaction of the spectrin-like repeats of alpha-actinin-4 with humanin peptide. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Increased expression of humanin peptide in diffuse-type pigmented villonodular synovitis: implication of its mitochondrial abnormality. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Humanin binds and nullifies Bid activity by blocking its activation of Bax and Bak. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Humanin, a newly identified neuroprotective factor, uses the G protein-coupled formylpeptide receptor-like-1 as a functional receptor. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Increased expression of humanin peptide in diffuse-type pigmented villonodular synovitis: implication of its mitochondrial abnormality. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Phylogenetic-based propagation of functional annotations within the Gene Ontology consortium. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Q905695. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Q905695. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Part of
    Cell component cytoplasm, perinuclear region of cytoplasm, extracellular region +1
    Part of Humanin family
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