| Protein Name | hypocretin (orexin) receptor 2 |
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| Organism | Mus musculus |
| Gene ID | 387285 |
| Gene Symbol | Hcrtr2 |
| UniProt | P58308 (OX2R_MOUSE) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
25
Total Number of Articles : 20 |
Description |
hypocretin (orexin) receptor 2 |
| Gene Summary |
Enables orexin receptor activity. Involved in locomotion. Acts upstream of or within phospholipase C-activating G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway. Predicted to be located in nucleoplasm. Predicted to be active in plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; genitourinary system; liver; lung; and spleen. Used to study narcolepsy. Orthologous to human HCRTR2 (hypocretin receptor 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025] |
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