Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables peptide YY receptor activity. Acts upstream of or within adenylate cyclase-inhibiting G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway. Located in non-motile cilium. Is expressed in central nervous system; dorsal root ganglion; eye; and metanephros. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Huntington's disease; morbid obesity; and obesity. Orthologous to human NPY2R (neuropeptide Y receptor Y2).