A physiologist is trying to study the function of neurophysin protein. if a mutation occured in neurophysin gene what the patient most likely to suffer from:

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Eductional Objective: Neurophysins are carrier proteins for oxytocin and vasopressin (ADH).  Oxytocin and vasopressin are carried by unique neurophysins from their site of production in the cell bodies of the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei to their site of release in the axon terminals of the posterior pituitary.  Point mutations in neurophysin II underlie most cases of hereditary hypothalamic diabetes insipidus, a disorder resulting from insufficient ADH release into the systemic circulation.

A Physiologist Is Trying to Study the Function of Neurophysin