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GPR126

Family: Class B Orphans

Contents:
Gene and Protein Information
Previous and Unofficial Names
Database Links
Agonists
Tissue Distribution
Expression Datasets
Biologically Significant Variants
References
Gene and Protein Information
class B G protein-coupled receptor
Species TM AA Chromosomal Location Gene Symbol Gene Name Reference
Human 7 1250 6q24.1 GPR126 G protein-coupled receptor 126 1-2
Mouse 7 1165 10 A2 Gpr126 G protein-coupled receptor 126
Rat 7 1217 1p13 Gpr126 G protein-coupled receptor 126
Previous and Unofficial Names
FLJ14937
DREG
OTTHUMP00000040178
PS1TP2
VIGR
HBV PreS1-transactivated protein 2
Gpr126_predicted
LOC308376
G protein-coupled receptor 126
G protein-coupled receptor 126 (predicted)
G-protein coupled receptor 126
LOC215798
1190004A11Rik
AI449247
AW045736
Gm222
Database Links
Ensembl
Entrez Gene
GeneCards
GenitoUrinary Development Molecular Anatomy Project
HomoloGene
Human Protein Reference Database
InterPro
KEGG Gene
PharmGKB Gene
PhosphoSitePlus
RefSeq Nucleotide
RefSeq Protein
TreeFam
UniGene Hs.
UniProt
Wikipedia
Agonist Comments
No ligands identified: orphan receptor.
Tissue Distribution
Transcripts of approximately 7.7 and 4.7kb in placenta and to a lower extent in pancreas and liver and maybe brain. Not detected in lung, skeletal muscle or kidney.
Species:  Human
Technique:  Northern blotting.
References:  2
Lung, spleen, 11-, 15- and 17-day embryo > 7-day embryo, heart, brain, skeletal muscle, kidney, testis. Not detected in liver.
Species:  Mouse
Technique:  RT-PCR.
References:  1
Expression Datasets

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Log average relative transcript abundance in mouse tissues measured by qPCR from Regard, J.B., Sato, I.T., and Coughlin, S.R. (2008). Anatomical profiling of G protein-coupled receptor expression. Cell, 135(3): 561-71. [PMID:18984166] [Raw data: website]

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Biologically Significant Variants
Four splice variants were described with all possible combinations of including or excluding exons 6 and 25.
Type:  Splice variants.
Species:  Human
References:  1

REFERENCES

To cite this database page, please use the following:

Tom I. Bonner.
Class B Orphans: GPR126. Last modified on 13/02/2013. Accessed on 25/05/2013. IUPHAR database (IUPHAR-DB), http://www.iuphar-db.org/DATABASE/ObjectDisplayForward?objectId=200.


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