Experimental Factor Ontology (EFO)
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Last submission date March 29, 2025
ID http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_7872
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_7872
https://agroportal.lirmm.fr/ontologies/EFO/CHEBI_7872
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Preferred name

oxytocin

Synonyms
Oxytocin 1-({(4R,7S,10S,13S,16S,19R)-19-amino-7-(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)-10-(3-amino-3-oxopropyl)-16-(4-hydroxybenzyl)-13-[(1S)-1-methylpropyl]-6,9,12,15,18-pentaoxo-1,2-dithia-5,8,11,14,17-pentaazacycloicosan-4-yl}carbonyl)-L-prolyl-L-leucylglycinamide oxytocin (1-Hemicystine)oxytocin 3-Isoleucine-8-leucine vasopressin L-Cysteinyl-L-tyrosyl-L-isoleucyl-L-glutaminyl-L-asparaginyl-L-cysteinyl-L-prolyl-L-leucylglycinamide cyclic(1-6)-disulfide Endopituitrina OT OXT Ocytocin Orasthin Pitocin Piton S Syntocinon oxitocina oxytocine oxytocinum
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Definitions
A cyclic nonapeptide hormone with amino acid sequence CYIQNCPLG that also acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain; the principal uterine-contracting and milk-ejecting hormone of the posterior pituitary. Together with the neuropeptide vasopressin, it is believed to influence social cognition and behaviour.
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