This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.
- Table of Contents
Facts about Neuropeptides B/W receptor type 1.
Has a greater affinity for neuropeptide B. .
Human | |
---|---|
Gene Name: | NPBWR1 |
Uniprot: | P48145 |
Entrez: | 2831 |
Belongs to: |
---|
G-protein coupled receptor 1 family |
G protein-coupled receptor 7; GPR7 neuropeptides B/W receptor type 1; G-protein coupled receptor 7; MGC129755; neuropeptides B/W receptor 1; opioid-somatostatin-like receptor 7
Mass (kDA):
36.103 kDA
Human | |
---|---|
Location: | 8q11.23 |
Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (52939182..52943734) |
Found in cerebellum and frontal cortex. Detected at high levels in hippocampus, amygdala and trachea; at moderate levels in fetal brain, pituitary gland and prostate. Not in caudate, accumbens, kidney or liver. Also detected at high levels in lung carcinoma.
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 7590751 by O'Dowd B.F., et al. The cloning and chromosomal mapping of two novel human opioid- somatostatin-like receptor genes, GPR7 and GPR8, expressed in discrete areas of the brain.
PMID: 12401809 by Brezillon S., et al. Identification of natural ligands for the orphan G protein-coupled receptors GPR7 and GPR8.