Apelin receptor

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angiotensin II receptor-like 1
Identifiers
Symbol AGTRL1
Alt. Symbols APJ, FLJ90771
Entrez 187
HUGO 339
OMIM 600052
RefSeq NM_005161
UniProt P35414
Other data
Locus Chr. 11 q12

The apelin receptor (also known as the APJ receptor) is a G protein-coupled receptor[1] which binds apelin.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ O'Dowd BF, Heiber M, Chan A, Heng HH, Tsui LC, Kennedy JL, Shi X, Petronis A, George SR, Nguyen T (1993). "A human gene that shows identity with the gene encoding the angiotensin receptor is located on chromosome 11". Gene 136 (1-2): 355–60. PMID 8294032. 
  2. ^ Tatemoto K, Hosoya M, Habata Y, Fujii R, Kakegawa T, Zou MX, Kawamata Y, Fukusumi S, Hinuma S, Kitada C, Kurokawa T, Onda H, Fujino M (1998). "Isolation and characterization of a novel endogenous peptide ligand for the human APJ receptor". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 251 (2): 471–6. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.9489. PMID 9792798. 
  3. ^ Lee DK, Cheng R, Nguyen T, Fan T, Kariyawasam AP, Liu Y, Osmond DH, George SR, O'Dowd BF (2000). "Characterization of apelin, the ligand for the APJ receptor". J. Neurochem. 74 (1): 34–41. PMID 10617103. 
  4. ^ Szokodi I, Tavi P, Földes G, Voutilainen-Myllylä S, Ilves M, Tokola H, Pikkarainen S, Piuhola J, Rysä J, Tóth M, Ruskoaho H (2002). "Apelin, the novel endogenous ligand of the orphan receptor APJ, regulates cardiac contractility". Circ. Res. 91 (5): 434–40. PMID 12215493. 

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