GPR19 explained

Probable G-protein coupled receptor 19 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GPR19 gene.^[1] GPR19 has been proposed as the receptor for the peptide hormone adropin.^[2]

Further reading

• O'Dowd BF, Nguyen T, Lynch KR, etal . A novel gene codes for a putative G protein-coupled receptor with an abundant expression in brain. . FEBS Lett. . 394 . 3 . 325–9 . 1996 . 8830667 . 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00901-5 . 1484916 . free .
• Montpetit A, Sinnett D . Physical mapping of the G-protein coupled receptor 19 (GPR19) in the chromosome 12p12.3 region frequently rearranged in cancer cells. . Hum. Genet. . 105 . 1–2 . 162–4 . 1999 . 10480372 . 10.1007/s004390051080 .
• Otsuki T, Ota T, Nishikawa T, etal . Signal sequence and keyword trap in silico for selection of full-length human cDNAs encoding secretion or membrane proteins from oligo-capped cDNA libraries . DNA Res. . 12 . 2 . 117–26 . 2007 . 16303743 . 10.1093/dnares/12.2.117 . free .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: GPR19 G protein-coupled receptor 19.
2. Stein . Lauren M. . Yosten . Gina L. C. . Samson . Willis K. . 2016-03-15 . Adropin acts in brain to inhibit water drinking: potential interaction with the orphan G protein-coupled receptor, GPR19 . American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology . 310 . 6 . R476–R480 . 10.1152/ajpregu.00511.2015 . 0363-6119 . 4867374 . 26739651.