Gene
- Public Gene Name
- Y116A8C.5
- Sequence Name
- Y116A8C.5
- WB ID
- WBGene00013786
- Description
- Y116A8C.5 encodes a neprilysin; neprilysins are thermolysin-like zinc metallopeptidases, found on the outer surface of animal cells, that negatively regulate small signalling peptides (e.g., enkephalin, tachykinin, insulin, and natriuretic peptides) by cleaving them; Y116A8C.5 has no clear orthologs in other organisms.