The GPCR, class C, group 6, subtype A (GPRC6A) receptor: From cloning to physiological function

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1129-1141

  Clemmensen, C ^a   Smajilovic, S ^a   Wellendorph, P ^a   Brauner Osborne H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

7TM receptor; amino acid sensing; divalent cation sensing; GPRC6A; knockout mouse

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM ION; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GPRC6A PROTEIN; INSULIN; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; ORNITHINE DERIVATIVE; OSTEOCALCIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL SURFACE; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RELEASE; INTERNALIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OSTEOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; REWARD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

7TM RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID SENSING; DIVALENT CATION SENSING; GPRC6A; KNOCKOUT MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84895170979     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bph.12365     Document Type: Review

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