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Species | TM | AA | Chromosomal Location | Gene Symbol | Gene Name | Reference |
Human | 7 | 352 | 14q12 | LTB4R | leukotriene B4 receptor | 3,69 |
Mouse | 7 | 351 | 14 28.19 cM | Ltb4r1 | leukotriene B4 receptor 1 | 27 |
Rat | 7 | 351 | 15p13 | Ltb4r | leukotriene B4 receptor | 65 |
Previous and Unofficial Names |
BLTR | GPR16 |
Database Links | |
Specialist databases | |
GPCRdb | lt4r1_human (Hs), lt4r1_mouse (Mm), lt4r1_rat (Rn) |
Other databases | |
Alphafold | Q15722 (Hs), O88855 (Mm), Q9R0Q2 (Rn) |
ChEMBL Target | CHEMBL3911 (Hs), CHEMBL2657 (Mm), CHEMBL2126 (Rn) |
Ensembl Gene | ENSG00000213903 (Hs), ENSMUSG00000046908 (Mm), ENSRNOG00000020399 (Rn) |
Entrez Gene | 1241 (Hs), 16995 (Mm), 59264 (Rn) |
Human Protein Atlas | ENSG00000213903 (Hs) |
KEGG Gene | hsa:1241 (Hs), mmu:16995 (Mm), rno:59264 (Rn) |
OMIM | 601531 (Hs) |
Pharos | Q15722 (Hs) |
RefSeq Nucleotide | NM_181657 (Hs), NM_008519 (Mm), NM_021656 (Rn) |
RefSeq Protein | NP_858043 (Hs), NP_032545 (Mm), NP_067688 (Rn) |
UniProtKB | Q15722 (Hs), O88855 (Mm), Q9R0Q2 (Rn) |
Wikipedia | LTB4R (Hs) |
Natural/Endogenous Ligands |
20-hydroxy-LTB4 |
LTB4 |
12R-HETE |
Comments: LTB4 is the most potent endogenous agonist |
Potency order of endogenous ligands |
LTB4 >20-hydroxy-LTB4 >>12R-HETE [71] |
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Immunopharmacology Comments |
The human BLT1 receptor is the high affinity leukotriene B4 receptor, involved in mediating chemotaxis and activation of several leukocyte populations, including granulocytes, monocytes/macrophages, and lymphocytes [52]. |
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Transducer | Effector/Response |
Gi/Go family Gq/G11 family |
Adenylyl cyclase inhibition Phospholipase C stimulation Other - See Comments |
Comments: Mitogen-activated protein kinase activation. In CHO cells, LTB4-elicited activation of phospholipase C is mediated via BLT1/Gα16 pathway. | |
References: 8,11,16,20,50,69 |
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Implicated in chemotaxis and leukocyte activation. Real-time imaging of BLT1/β-arrestin interaction and LTB4-induced cell migration is described by [33]. |
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Helix 8 of C-terminal tail is important for the inactivation of BLT1 [46] and inhibits ligand-induced receptor internalization [4]. |
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