GPR162

Probable G-protein coupled receptor 162 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GPR162 gene.^[5][6]

GPR162
Identifiers
Aliases	GPR162, A-2, GRCA, G protein-coupled receptor 162
External IDs	MGI: 1315214; HomoloGene: 8400; GeneCards: GPR162; OMA:GPR162 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 12 (human)[1] Band 12p13.31 Start 6,821,624 bp[1] End 6,829,972 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 6 (mouse)[2] Band 6 F2|6 59.17 cM Start 124,835,407 bp[2] End 124,840,946 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in right hemisphere of cerebellum right frontal lobe cingulate gyrus anterior cingulate cortex prefrontal cortex right uterine tube Brodmann area 9 amygdala anterior pituitary nucleus accumbens Top expressed in perirhinal cortex entorhinal cortex CA3 field primary visual cortex dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell superior frontal gyrus cerebellar cortex neural layer of retina central gray substance of midbrain superior colliculus More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function G protein-coupled receptor activity signal transducer activity Cellular component integral component of membrane plasma membrane membrane Biological process G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway signal transduction Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 27239 14788 Ensembl ENSG00000250510 ENSMUSG00000038390 UniProt Q16538 Q3UN16 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_019858 NM_014449 NM_013533 NM_001355257 RefSeq (protein) NP_055264 NP_062832 NP_038561 NP_001342186 Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 6.82 – 6.83 Mb Chr 6: 124.84 – 124.84 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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This gene was identified upon genomic analysis of a gene-dense region at human chromosome 12p13. It appears to be mainly expressed in the brain; however, its function is not known. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.^[6]