Galanin receptor 2

GALR2
Identifiers
Aliases	GALR2, GAL2-R, GALNR2, GALR-2, Galanin receptor 2
External IDs	OMIM: 603691; MGI: 1337018; HomoloGene: 2863; GeneCards: GALR2; OMA:GALR2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 17 (human)
End	76,077,537 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 11 (mouse)
End	116,174,764 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	muscle layer of sigmoid colon; ; transverse colon; ; smooth muscle tissue; ; granulocyte; ; monocyte; ; bone marrow; ; Hypothalamus; ; small intestine; ; appendix; ; gastric mucosa;
	Top expressed in
	embryo; ; embryo; ; morula; ; calvaria; ; skin of external ear; ; lip; ; body of femur; ; dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell; ; ileum; ; gastrula;
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	G protein-coupled receptor activity; neuropeptide binding; signal transducer activity; galanin receptor activity; protein binding; peptide hormone binding; G protein-coupled peptide receptor activity;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; membrane; plasma membrane; integral component of plasma membrane; intracellular anatomical structure; cilium;
Biological process	negative regulation of adenylate cyclase activity; muscle contraction; adenylate cyclase-activating G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway; phosphatidylinositol metabolic process; positive regulation of large conductance calcium-activated potassium channel activity; adenylate cyclase-modulating G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway; positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration; inositol phosphate metabolic process; multicellular organism development; cell surface receptor signaling pathway; feeding behavior; learning or memory; neuron projection development; positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; signal transduction; G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway; phospholipase C-activating G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway; galanin-activated signaling pathway; neuropeptide signaling pathway;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	8811
	14428
	ENSG00000182687
	ENSMUSG00000020793
	O43603
	O88854
	NM_003857
	NM_010254
	NP_003848
	NP_034384
	Wikidata
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Galanin receptor 2, (GAL₂) is a G-protein coupled receptor encoded by the GALR2 gene.