A database of hormones and their receptors| A database of hormones and their receptors |
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| HMRbase accession number | 20048 |
| Swiss-prot Accession number | Q95254 (Sequence in FASTA format) |
| Description | Growth hormone secretagogue receptor type 1 (GHS-R) (GH-releasingpeptide receptor) (GHRP) (Ghrelin receptor). |
| Source organism | Sus scrofa (Pig) |
| Taxonomical Classification | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Mammalia; Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Cetartiodactyla; Suina; Suidae;Sus. |
| Subcellular location | Membrane; multi-pass membrane protein |
| Developmental Stage | N/A |
| Similarity | Belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family. |
| Tissue Specificity | Pituitary and hypothalamus. |
| Post translational modification | N/A |
| Function | Receptor for ghrelin, coupled to G-alpha-11 proteins. Stimulates growth hormone secretion. Binds also other growth hormone releasing peptides (GHRP) (e.g. Met-enkephalin and GHRP-6) as well as non-peptide, low molecular weight secretagogues (e.g. L-692,429, MK-0677, adenosine). |
| Protein Length | 366 Amino acids |
| Molecular weight | 41195 |
| Domain Name | 7tm_1 |
| References | 1 PubMed abstract 8688086 |
| Hormone | N/A |
| Gene ID | 397372 |
| PDB ID | N/A |
| Drugpedia | wiki |
| Comments | !Hormone for this Receptor are either unknown or have not yet been curated |