Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 2
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Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 2 (MCH2) also known as G-protein coupled receptor 145 (GPR145) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MCHR2 gene.[3][4][5]
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Aliases | MCHR2, GPR145, GPRv17, MCH-2R, MCH-R2, MCH2, MCH2R, MCHR-2, SLT, melanin concentrating hormone receptor 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External IDs | OMIM: 606111 HomoloGene: 50004 GeneCards: MCHR2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MCH2 is also found in dogs, ferrets, and some other primates and carnivores, but is not found in mice or rats. This has delayed research into the receptor as a therapeutic target, due to most early pharmaceutical research usually being conducted in small mammals such as mice, rats or rabbits which lack the MCH2 gene and its receptor product.