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Facts about Trace amine-associated receptor 1.
Trace amines are biogenic amines present in very low levels in mammalian tissues. While some trace amines have clearly defined roles as neurotransmitters in invertebrates, the extent to which they function as true neurotransmitters in vertebrates has remained speculative.
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Gene Name: | Taar1 |
Uniprot: | Q923Y8 |
Entrez: | 111174 |
Belongs to: |
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G-protein coupled receptor 1 family |
MGC126874; MGC138399; TA1RP11-295F4.9; TaR-1; TAR1trace amine-associated receptor 1; trace amine associated receptor 1; Trace amine receptor 1taR-1; TRAR1
Mass (kDA):
37.621 kDA
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Location: | 10|10 A4 |
Sequence: | 10; |
Widely distributed throughout the brain. Strongly expressed in the mitral cell layer of the olfactory bulb, piriform cortex, the arcuate, motor, and mesencephalic trigeminal nuclei, lateral reticular and hypoglossal nuclei, cerebellar Purkinje cells, and ventral horn of the spinal cord. Moderately expressed in the frontal, entorhinal, and agranular cortices, the ventral pallidum, thalamus, hippocampus, several hypothalamic nuclei, ambiguus, dorsal raphe, and gigantocellular reticular nuclei. Weakly expressed in the septum, basal ganglia, amygdala, myelencephalon, and spinal cord dorsal horn. Particularly interesting is the moderate expression in several monoaminergic cell groups, namely the dorsal raphe, the locus coeruleus, and the ventral tegmental area.
PMID: 11459929 by Borowsky B., et al. Trace amines: identification of a family of mammalian G protein- coupled receptors.
PMID: 15718104 by Lindemann L., et al. Trace amine-associated receptors form structurally and functionally distinct subfamilies of novel G protein-coupled receptors.