Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A

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Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A
Identifiers
Symbol AVPR1A AVPR1
HUGO 895
Entrez 552
OMIM 600821
RefSeq NM_000706
UniProt P37288
Other data
Locus Chr. 12 q14-15

Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A (AVPR1A) is a protein that acts as receptor for arginine vasopressin. AVPR1A belongs to the subfamily of G-protein coupled receptors.

Its activity is mediated by G proteins which stimulate a phosphatidylinositol-calcium second messenger system.