ID:CNR2_HUMAN DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=Cannabinoid receptor 2; Short=CB-2; Short=CB2; Short=hCB2; AltName: Full=CX5; FUNCTION: Heterotrimeric G protein-coupled receptor for endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol mediating inhibition of adenylate cyclase. May function in inflammatory response, nociceptive transmission and bone homeostasis. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell projection, dendrite (By similarity). Perikaryon (By similarity). Note=Localizes to apical dendrite of pyramidal neurons (By similarity). TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Preferentially expressed in cells of the immune system with higher expression in B-cells and NK cells (at protein level). Expressed in skin in suprabasal layers and hair follicles (at protein level). Highly expressed in tonsil and to a lower extent in spleen, peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and thymus. PubMed:14657172 could not detect expression in normal brain. Expressed in brain by perivascular microglial cells and dorsal root glanglion sensory neurons (at protein level). PTM: Constitutively phosphorylated on Ser-352; phosphorylation increases cell internalization and desensitizes the receptor. SIMILARITY: Belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family.
The RNAfold program from the Vienna RNA Package is used to perform the secondary structure predictions and folding calculations. The estimated folding energy is in kcal/mol. The more negative the energy, the more secondary structure the RNA is likely to have.
ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on P34972
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Orthologous Genes in Other Species
Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.