Oxytocin

<p>This section provides any useful information about the protein, mostly biological knowledge.<p><a href='/help/function_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Functionⁱ

<p>The <a href="http://www.geneontology.org/">Gene Ontology (GO)</a> project provides a set of hierarchical controlled vocabulary split into 3 categories:<p><a href='/help/gene_ontology' target='_top'>More...</a></p>GO - Molecular functionⁱ

• neurohypophyseal hormone activity Source: InterPro
• oxytocin receptor binding Source: Ensembl

GO - Biological processⁱ

• drinking behavior Source: Ensembl
• eating behavior Source: Ensembl
• female pregnancy Source: Ensembl
• grooming behavior Source: Ensembl
• heart development Source: Ensembl
• hyperosmotic salinity response Source: Ensembl
• male mating behavior Source: Ensembl
• maternal aggressive behavior Source: Ensembl
• maternal behavior Source: Ensembl
• memory Source: Ensembl
• negative regulation of blood pressure Source: Ensembl
• negative regulation of gastric acid secretion Source: Ensembl
• negative regulation of urine volume Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of blood pressure Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of female receptivity Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of hindgut contraction Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of norepinephrine secretion Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of ossification Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of penile erection Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of prostaglandin secretion Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of renal sodium excretion Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of synapse assembly Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of synaptic transmission Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of uterine smooth muscle contraction Source: Ensembl
• regulation of heart rate Source: Ensembl
• regulation of sensory perception of pain Source: Ensembl
• response to activity Source: Ensembl
• response to amphetamine Source: Ensembl
• response to cAMP Source: Ensembl
• response to cocaine Source: Ensembl
• response to electrical stimulus Source: Ensembl
• response to estradiol Source: Ensembl
• response to ether Source: Ensembl
• response to external biotic stimulus Source: AgBase
• response to food Source: AgBase
• response to glucocorticoid Source: Ensembl
• response to mechanical stimulus Source: AgBase
• response to peptide hormone Source: Ensembl
• response to progesterone Source: Ensembl
• response to prostaglandin E Source: Ensembl
• response to retinoic acid Source: Ensembl
• response to sucrose Source: Ensembl
• sleep Source: Ensembl
• social behavior Source: Ensembl
• sperm ejaculation Source: Ensembl

<p>UniProtKB Keywords constitute a <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/keywords">controlled vocabulary</a> with a hierarchical structure. Keywords summarise the content of a UniProtKB entry and facilitate the search for proteins of interest.<p><a href='/help/keywords' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Keywordsⁱ

<p>This section provides information about the protein and gene name(s) and synonym(s) and about the organism that is the source of the protein sequence.<p><a href='/help/names_and_taxonomy_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Names & Taxonomyⁱ

Organism-specific databases

<p>This section provides information on the location and the topology of the mature protein in the cell.<p><a href='/help/subcellular_location_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Subcellular locationⁱ

<p>This section describes post-translational modifications (PTMs) and/or processing events.<p><a href='/help/ptm_processing_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>PTM / Processingⁱ

Molecule processing

Amino acid modifications

Keywords - PTMⁱ

<p>This section provides information on the expression of a gene at the mRNA or protein level in cells or in tissues of multicellular organisms.<p><a href='/help/expression_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Expressionⁱ

Gene expression databases

<p>This section provides information on the quaternary structure of a protein and on interaction(s) with other proteins or protein complexes.<p><a href='/help/interaction_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Interactionⁱ

GO - Molecular functionⁱ

• neurohypophyseal hormone activity Source: InterPro
• oxytocin receptor binding Source: Ensembl

<p>This section provides information on the tertiary and secondary structure of a protein.<p><a href='/help/structure_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Structureⁱ

3D structure databases

<p>This section provides information on sequence similarities with other proteins and the domain(s) present in a protein.<p><a href='/help/family_and_domains_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Family & Domainsⁱ

<p>This subsection of the 'Family and domains' section provides information about the sequence similarity with other proteins.<p><a href='/help/sequence_similarities' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence similaritiesⁱ

Keywords - Domainⁱ

Phylogenomic databases

Family and domain databases

<p>This section displays by default the canonical protein sequence and upon request all isoforms described in the entry. It also includes information pertinent to the sequence(s), including <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequence%5Flength">length</a> and <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences">molecular weight</a>. The information is filed in different subsections. The current subsections and their content are listed below:<p><a href='/help/sequences_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequenceⁱ

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences%5Fsection">Sequence</a> section indicates if the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/canonical%5Fand%5Fisoforms">canonical sequence</a> displayed by default in the entry is complete or not.<p><a href='/help/sequence_status' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence statusⁱ: Complete.

        10         20         30         40         50
MACPSLACCL LGLLALTSAC YIQNCPLGGK RAVLDLDMRK CLPCGPGGKG 
        60         70         80         90        100
RCFGPSICCA DELGCFVGTA EALRCQEENY LPSPCQSGQK PCGSGGRCAA 
       110        120 
TGICCSPDGC RTDPACDPES AFSER                            

Sequence databases

Genome annotation databases

<p>This section provides links to proteins that are similar to the protein sequence(s) described in this entry at different levels of sequence identity thresholds (100%, 90% and 50%) based on their membership in UniProt Reference Clusters (<a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/uniref">UniRef</a>).<p><a href='/help/similar_proteins_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Similar proteinsⁱ

• 100% Identity
• 90% Identity
• 50% Identity

<p>This section is used to point to information related to entries and found in data collections other than UniProtKB.<p><a href='/help/cross_references_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Cross-referencesⁱ

Sequence databases

3D structure databases

Protocols and materials databases

Genome annotation databases

Organism-specific databases

Phylogenomic databases

Miscellaneous databases

Gene expression databases

Family and domain databases

<p>This section provides general information on the entry.<p><a href='/help/entry_information_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Entry informationⁱ