TAAR6

TAAR6
Identifiers
Aliases TAAR6, TA4, TAR4, TAR6, TRAR4, taR-4, taR-6, trace amine associated receptor 6
External IDs MGI: 2685074 HomoloGene: 27874 GeneCards: TAAR6
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

319100

215855

Ensembl

ENSG00000146383

ENSMUSG00000045111

UniProt

Q96RI8

Q5QD13

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_175067

NM_001010828

RefSeq (protein)

NP_778237.1

NP_001010828.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 132.57 – 132.57 Mb Chr 10: 23.98 – 23.99 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Trace amine associated receptor 6, also known as TAAR6, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the TAAR6 gene.[3][4]

Function

TAAR6 belongs to the trace amine-associated receptor family. Trace amines are endogenous amine compounds that are chemically similar to classic biogenic amines like dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, and histamine. Trace amines were thought to be 'false transmitters' that displace classic biogenic amines from their storage and act on transporters in a fashion similar to the amphetamines, but the identification of brain receptors specific to trace amines indicates that they also have effects of their own.[5][6]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Borowsky B, Adham N, Jones KA, Raddatz R, Artymyshyn R, Ogozalek KL, Durkin MM, Lakhlani PP, Bonini JA, Pathirana S, Boyle N, Pu X, Kouranova E, Lichtblau H, Ochoa FY, Branchek TA, Gerald C (July 2001). "Trace amines: identification of a family of mammalian G protein-coupled receptors". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98 (16): 8966–71. doi:10.1073/pnas.151105198. PMC 55357Freely accessible. PMID 11459929.
  4. Lindemann L, Ebeling M, Kratochwil NA, Bunzow JR, Grandy DK, Hoener MC (March 2005). "Trace amine-associated receptors form structurally and functionally distinct subfamilies of novel G protein-coupled receptors". Genomics. 85 (3): 372–85. doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2004.11.010. PMID 15718104.
  5. Duan J, Martinez M, Sanders AR, Hou C, Saitou N, Kitano T, Mowry BJ, Crowe RR, Silverman JM, Levinson DF, Gejman PV (October 2004). "Polymorphisms in the trace amine receptor 4 (TRAR4) gene on chromosome 6q23.2 are associated with susceptibility to schizophrenia". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 75 (4): 624–38. doi:10.1086/424887. PMC 1182049Freely accessible. PMID 15329799.
  6. "Entrez Gene: TAAR6 trace amine associated receptor 6".

Further reading

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