Motilin receptor

Motilin receptor
Identifiers
Symbols MLNR; GPR38; MTLR1
External IDs OMIM602885 HomoloGene74398 IUPHAR: motilin GeneCards: MLNR Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 2862 n/a
Ensembl ENSG00000102539 n/a
UniProt O43193 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001507.1 n/a
RefSeq (protein) NP_001498.1 n/a
Location (UCSC) Chr 13:
49.79 – 49.8 Mb
n/a
PubMed search [1] n/a

Motilin receptor is a G protein-coupled receptor that binds motilin.[1][2] Motilin in turn is an intestinal peptide that stimulates contraction of gut smooth muscle.

References

  1. ^ Depoortere I (2001). "Motilin and motilin receptors: characterization and functional significance". Verh. K. Acad. Geneeskd. Belg. 63 (6): 511–29. PMID 11813507. 
  2. ^ Yang X, Dong L, Yang H (2006). "[Evidence for the presence of motilin receptor and a study on the mechanism of motilin induced Ca2+ signaling in rat myenteric neurons]" (in Chinese). Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 37 (5): 683–6. PMID 17037727. 

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