Invitrogen™ GPR176 Polyclonal Antibody

G protein-coupled receptors (GPRs), also known as seven transmembrane receptors, heptahelical receptors or 7TM receptors, comprise a superfamily of proteins that play a role in many different stimulus-response pathways. G protein coupled receptors translate extracellular signals into intracellular signals (G protein activation) and they respond to a variety of signaling molecules, such as hormones and neurotransmitters. GPR176 (G protein-coupled receptor 176), also known as HB-954, GPR or Gm1012, is a 515 amino acid multi-pass membrane protein belonging to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family. Expressed in brain and spleen, with trace expression in kidney, GPR176 functions as an orphan receptor that is thought to play a role in signaling events throughout the cell. Containing four N-glycosylation sites, seven transmembrane domains and a large C-terminal cytosolic domain, GPR176 is encoded by a gene mapping to human chromosome 15q14.