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GPR79

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Target not currently curated in GtoImmuPdb

Target id: 117

Nomenclature: GPR79

Family: Class A Orphans with no pharmacology

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class A G protein-coupled receptor: probable pseudogene
Species TM AA Chromosomal Location Gene Symbol Gene Name Reference
Human 7 - 3q25.32 GPR79 G protein-coupled receptor 79 (pseudogene)
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GPR79P | G protein-coupled receptor 79, pseudogene
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Tissue Distribution Comments
No transcipts of GPR79 were detected by Northern blot analysis in the human frontal cortex, basal forebrain, pituitary, caudate nucleus, nucleus accumbens and hippocampus [1]. GPR79 mRNA transcripts were not detected by Northern blot analysis in rat brain, fetus, liver, spleen and adrenal gland tissue [1].
General Comments
GPR79 has been identified to be a pseudogene [1].

References

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1. Lee DK, Nguyen T, Lynch KR, Cheng R, Vanti WB, Arkhitko O, Lewis T, Evans JF, George SR, O'Dowd BF. (2001) Discovery and mapping of ten novel G protein-coupled receptor genes. Gene, 275 (1): 83-91. [PMID:11574155]

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