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Neurophysin I is a carrier protein with a size of 10 KDa and containing 90 to 97 aminoacids that is a cleavage product (formed by splitting of a compound molecule into a simpler one) of preprooxyphysin. It is a neurohypophysial hormone that is transported in vesicles with oxytocin the other cleavage product along axons from magnocellular neurons of the hypothalamus to the posterior lobe of the pituitary.

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