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    Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2 (HCA2), also known as GPR109A and niacin receptor 1 (NIACR1), is a protein which in humans is encoded (its formation...
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  • The hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor (abbreviated HCA receptor and HCAR) family includes the following human proteins: Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 1...
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    D-β-hydroxybutyric acid is one of two primary endogenous agonists of hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2 (HCA2), a Gi/o-coupled G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)....
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    Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 1 (HCA1), formerly known as G protein-coupled receptor 81 (GPR81), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HCAR1...
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    Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 3 (HCA3), also known as niacin receptor 2 (NIACR2) and GPR109B, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the HCAR3 gene...
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  • Alpha hydroxy acid Beta hydroxy acid Omega hydroxy acid Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor Miltenberger, Karlheinz (2000). "Hydroxycarboxylic Acids, Aliphatic"...
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    butyric acid is one of two primary endogenous agonists of human hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2 (HCA2), a Gi/o-coupled G protein-coupled receptor. Butyric...
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  • Thumbnail for Cannabinoid receptor 2
    tetrahydrocannabinol. The receptor was identified among cDNAs based on its similarity in amino-acid sequence to the cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) receptor, discovered...
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    involve FFAR2, e.g., they activate FFAR3, GPR109A (now termed hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2 or HCA2), and two other GPRs, Olfr78 and Olfr558. Most of...
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    are activated by certain fatty acids that are 6 to more than 21 carbon atoms long. Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2 is also activated by a SC-FA that...
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  • (also known as hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 3, HCA3, niacin receptor 2, and NIACR2) binds and is activated by the medium-chain fatty acid, 3-hydroxyoctanoate...
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    L-lactic acid is the primary endogenous agonist of hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 1 (HCA1), which is a Gi/o-coupled G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)....
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    receptor 1 (HCAR1, GPR81) Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2, Niacin receptor 1 (HCAR2, GPR109A) Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 3, Niacin receptor 2 (HCAR3...
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    Niacin (redirect from Nicotinic Acid)
    activation of G protein-coupled receptors, including hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2 (HCA2)and hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 3 (HCA3), which are highly...
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  • Thumbnail for Vasopressin receptor 2
    Vasopressin receptor 2 (V2R), or arginine vasopressin receptor 2 (officially called AVPR2), is a protein that acts as receptor for vasopressin. AVPR2 belongs...
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    TAS1R1+TAS1R3 heterodimer receptor functions as an umami receptor, responding to L-amino acid binding, especially L-glutamate. The umami taste is most...
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    The alpha-2 (α2) adrenergic receptor (or adrenoceptor) is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) associated with the Gi heterotrimeric G-protein. It consists...
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    express one of the SC-FA receptors, i.e., free fatty acid receptor 2, free fatty acid receptor 3, or hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2. (For the functions...
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  • carboxylic acids), and a hydroxyl at terminal position n where n > 3. They are a subclass of hydroxycarboxylic acids. The C16 and C18 omega hydroxy acids 16-hydroxy...
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  • Thumbnail for Dopamine receptor D2
    Dopamine receptor D2, also known as D2R, is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the DRD2 gene. After work from Paul Greengard's lab had suggested...
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    707–710. doi:10.1039/J29690000707. Miltenberger, Karlheinz (2005). "Hydroxycarboxylic Acids, Aliphatic". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim:...
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  • Thumbnail for Adrenergic receptor
    The adrenergic receptors or adrenoceptors are a class of G protein-coupled receptors that are targets of many catecholamines like norepinephrine (noradrenaline)...
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  • GABAB receptors (GABABR) are G-protein coupled receptors for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), therefore making them metabotropic receptors, that are linked...
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  • Thumbnail for Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor
    Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, or mAChRs, are acetylcholine receptors that form G protein-coupled receptor complexes in the cell membranes of certain...
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  • (α1) adrenergic receptors are G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) associated with the Gq heterotrimeric G protein. α1-adrenergic receptors are subdivided...
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  • Thumbnail for Somatostatin receptor 2
    Somatostatin receptor type 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SSTR2 gene. The SSTR2 gene is located on chromosome 17 on the long arm in position...
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    The GABA receptors are a class of receptors that respond to the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), the chief inhibitory compound in the...
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  • Thumbnail for Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1
    The muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1, also known as the cholinergic receptor, muscarinic 1, is a muscarinic receptor that in humans is encoded by...
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    The beta-2 adrenergic receptor (β2 adrenoreceptor), also known as ADRB2, is a cell membrane-spanning beta-adrenergic receptor that binds epinephrine (adrenaline)...
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  • Lysophosphatidic acid receptor 2 (LPAR2; formerly known as EDG4) Lysophosphatidic acid receptor 3 (LPAR3; formerly known as EDG7) Lysophosphatidic acid receptor 4 (LPAR4;...
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