Galanin receptor

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Identifiers
Symbol GALR1
Alt. Symbols GALNR1, GALNR
Entrez 2587
HUGO 4132
OMIM 600377
RefSeq NM_001480
UniProt P47211
Other data
Locus Chr. 18 q23
Identifiers
Symbol GALR2
Entrez 8811
HUGO 4133
OMIM 603691
RefSeq NM_003857
UniProt O43603
Other data
Locus Chr. 17 q25.3
Identifiers
Symbol GALR3
Entrez 8484
HUGO 4134
OMIM 603692
RefSeq NM_003614
UniProt O60755
Other data
Locus Chr. 22 q12.2-13.1

The galanin receptor is a G protein-coupled receptor, or metabotropic receptor which binds galanin.[1]

So far three subtypes are known to exist: GAL-R1, GAL-R2, and GAL-R3.[2] The specific function of each subtype remains to be fully elucidated, although great progress is currently being made in this respect with the generation of receptor subtype-specific knockout mice.

Galanin receptors can be found throughout the peripheral and central nervous systems and the endocrine system.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lang R, Gundlach AL, Kofler B (2007). "The galanin peptide family: receptor pharmacology, pleiotropic biological actions, and implications in health and disease". Pharmacol. Ther. 115 (2): 177–207. doi:10.1016/j.pharmthera.2007.05.009. PMID 17604107. 
  2. ^ Branchek TA, Smith KE, Gerald C, Walker MW (2000). "Galanin receptor subtypes". Trends Pharmacol. Sci. 21 (3): 109–17. PMID 10689365. 

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