This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.
- Table of Contents
1 Citations 3 Q&As
Facts about Lysophosphatidic acid receptor 6.
Important for the maintenance of hair growth and texture. .
Human | |
---|---|
Gene Name: | LPAR6 |
Uniprot: | P43657 |
Entrez: | 10161 |
Belongs to: |
---|
G-protein coupled receptor 1 family |
ARWH1; G-protein coupled purinergic receptor P2Y5; LAH3; LPA receptor 6; LPA-6; LPAR6; lysophosphatidic acid receptor 6; MGC120358; Oleoyl-L-alpha-lysophosphatidic acid receptor; P2RY5; P2RY5ARWH1; P2Y purinoceptor 5; P2Y5; P2Y5RB intron encoded G-protein coupled receptor; Purinergic receptor 5; purinergic receptor P2Y, G-protein coupled, 5
Mass (kDA):
39.392 kDA
Human | |
---|---|
Location: | 13q14.2 |
Sequence: | 13; NC_000013.11 (48400897..48444669, complement) |
Expressed ubiquitously, including in skin and hair follicle cells. Detected in both Henle's and Huxley's layers of the inner root sheath of the hair follicle and in suprabasal layers of the epidermis (at protein level). Expressed at low levels in peripheral blood leukocytes.
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 7902321 by Toguchida J., et al. Complete genomic sequence of the human retinoblastoma susceptibility gene.
PMID: 8889552 by Herzog H., et al. Intron 17 of the human retinoblastoma susceptibility gene encodes an actively transcribed G protein-coupled receptor gene.
*More publications can be found for each product on its corresponding product page