RAMP3

receptor (G protein-coupled) activity modifying protein 3
Identifiers
Symbol RAMP3
External IDs OMIM605155 MGI1860292 HomoloGene4276 IUPHAR: RAMP3 GeneCards: RAMP3 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 10268 56089
Ensembl ENSG00000122679 ENSMUSG00000041046
UniProt O60896 Q9WUP1
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_005856 NM_019511
RefSeq (protein) NP_005847 NP_062384
Location (UCSC) Chr 7:
45.16 – 45.19 Mb
Chr 11:
6.56 – 6.58 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Receptor activity modifying protein 3, also known as RAMP3, is a human gene.[1][2]

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the RAMP family of single-transmembrane-domain proteins, called receptor (calcitonin) activity modifying proteins (RAMPs). RAMPs are type I transmembrane proteins with an extracellular N terminus and a cytoplasmic C terminus. RAMPs are required to transport calcitonin-receptor-like receptor (CRLR) to the plasma membrane. CRLR, a receptor with seven transmembrane domains, can function as either a calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor or an adrenomedullin receptor, depending on which members of the RAMP family are expressed. In the presence of this (RAMP3) protein, CRLR functions as an adrenomedullin receptor.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: RAMP3". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10268. 
  2. ^ McLatchie LM, Fraser NJ, Main MJ, Wise A, Brown J, Thompson N, Solari R, Lee MG, Foord SM (May 1998). "RAMPs regulate the transport and ligand specificity of the calcitonin-receptor-like receptor". Nature 393 (6683): 333–9. doi:10.1038/30666. PMID 9620797. 

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.