Growth-hormone-releasing hormone receptor

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GHRHR
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases GHRHR , GHRFR, GRFR, IGHD1B, growth hormone releasing hormone receptor, IGHD4
External IDs OMIM: 139191; MGI: 95710; HomoloGene: 640; GeneCards: GHRHR; OMA:GHRHR - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000823
NM_001009824

NM_001003685

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000814

NP_001003685

Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 30.94 – 30.99 Mb Chr 6: 55.35 – 55.37 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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The growth-hormone-releasing hormone receptor (GHRHR) is a G-protein-coupled receptor that binds growth hormone-releasing hormone. The GHRHR activates a Gs protein that causes a cascade of cAMP via adenylate cyclase. [5] GHRHR is distinct from the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (also known as the ghrelin receptor), where growth hormone releasing peptides act to release growth hormone.

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Function

This gene, expressed in the pituitary, encodes a receptor for growth-hormone-releasing hormone. Binding of this hormone to the receptor leads to synthesis and release of growth hormone. Mutations in this gene have been associated with isolated growth-hormone deficiency (IGHD), also known as Dwarfism of Sindh, a disorder characterized by short stature. Many alternate transcriptional splice variants encoding different isoforms have been described, but only two have been characterized to date. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000106128 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000004654 Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Gaylinn BD (2002). "Growth hormone releasing hormone receptor". Receptors & Channels. 8 (3–4): 155–62. doi: 10.1080/10606820213679 . PMID   12529933.
  6. "Entrez Gene: GHRHR growth hormone releasing hormone receptor".
  7. Kovács M, Schally AV, Zarándi M, Groot K (1997). "Inhibition of GH release of rats by new potent antagonists of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GH-RH)". Peptides. 18 (3): 431–8. doi:10.1016/S0196-9781(96)00334-8. PMID   9145432. S2CID   24368945.
  8. Banks WA, Morley JE, Farr SA, Price TO, Ercal N, Vidaurre I, Schally AV (Dec 2010). "Effects of a growth hormone-releasing hormone antagonist on telomerase activity, oxidative stress, longevity, and aging in mice". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107 (51): 22272–7. Bibcode:2010PNAS..10722272B. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1016369107 . PMC   3009756 . PMID   21135231.

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