TAAR2

TAAR2
Identifiers
Aliases TAAR2, GPR58, taR-2, trace amine associated receptor 2
External IDs MGI: 2685071 HomoloGene: 110760 GeneCards: TAAR2
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

9287

209512

Ensembl

ENSG00000146378

ENSMUSG00000059763

UniProt

Q9P1P5

Q5QD17

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001033080
NM_014626

NM_001007266

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001028252.1
NP_055441.2

NP_001007267.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 132.62 – 132.62 Mb Chr 10: 23.94 – 23.94 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Trace amine-associated receptor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAAR2 gene.[3][4][5]

A recent paper showed that, along with TAAR1, TAAR2 is required for full activity of trace amines in PMN cells.[6]

See also

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Lee DK, Lynch KR, Nguyen T, Im DS, Cheng R, Saldivia VR, Liu Y, Liu IS, Heng HH, Seeman P, George SR, O'Dowd BF, Marchese A (Jun 2000). "Cloning and characterization of additional members of the G protein-coupled receptor family". Biochim Biophys Acta. 1490 (3): 311–23. doi:10.1016/s0167-4781(99)00241-9. PMID 10684976.
  4. Lindemann L, Ebeling M, Kratochwil NA, Bunzow JR, Grandy DK, Hoener MC (Feb 2005). "Trace amine-associated receptors form structurally and functionally distinct subfamilies of novel G protein-coupled receptors". Genomics. 85 (3): 372–85. doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2004.11.010. PMID 15718104.
  5. "Entrez Gene: TAAR2 trace amine associated receptor 2".
  6. Babusyte A, Kotthoff M, Fiedler J, Krautwurst D (March 2013). "Biogenic amines activate blood leukocytes via trace amine-associated receptors TAAR1 and TAAR2". J. Leukoc. Biol. 93 (3): 387–94. doi:10.1189/jlb.0912433. PMID 23315425.

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