A database of hormones and their receptors| A database of hormones and their receptors |
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| HMRbase accession number | 20069 |
| Swiss-prot Accession number | Q8MJ88 (Sequence in FASTA format) |
| Description | Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 2 (MCH receptor 2) (MCHR-2)(MCH-R2) (MCH2R) (MCH-2R) (MCH2) (G-protein coupled receptor 145). |
| Source organism | Macaca mulatta (Rhesus macaque) |
| Taxonomical Classification | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini;Catarrhini; Cercopithecidae; Cercopithecinae; Macaca. |
| Subcellular location | Membrane; multi-pass membrane protein |
| Developmental Stage | N/A |
| Similarity | Belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family. |
| Tissue Specificity | Specifically expressed in the brain with highest levels in cerebral cortex, hippocampus and hypothalamus, and lower levels in caudate nucleus, putamen and thalamus. |
| Post translational modification | N/A |
| Function | Receptor for melanin-concentrating hormone, coupled to G proteins that activate phosphoinositide hydrolysis. |
| Protein Length | 340 Amino acids |
| Molecular weight | 38784 |
| Domain Name | 7tm_1 |
| References | 1 PubMed abstract 12182940 2 PubMed abstract 12036292 |
| Hormone | N/A |
| Gene ID | 574369 |
| PDB ID | N/A |
| Drugpedia | wiki |
| Comments | !Hormone for this Receptor are either unknown or have not yet been curated |