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Designing an IHC experiment for Adenosine receptor A2a? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the ADORA2A IHC GuideFacts about Adenosine receptor A2a.
Receptor for adenosine.
The activity of this receptor is mediated by G proteins which activate adenylyl cyclase..
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ADORA2A |
| Uniprot: | P29274 |
| Entrez: | 135 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| G-protein coupled receptor 1 family |

A2aR; adenosine A2 receptor; Adenosine A2a R; adenosine A2a receptor; Adenosine A2aR; adenosine receptor A2a; adenosine receptor subtype A2a; ADORA 2; ADORA2; ADORA2A; hA2aR; RDC8
Mass (kDA):
44.707 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 22q11.23 |
| Sequence: | 22; NC_000022.11 (24423597..24442360) |
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Colocalizes with GAS2L2 at neuronal processes.






PMID: 1331670 by Furlong T.J., et al. Molecular characterization of a human brain adenosine A2 receptor.
PMID: 8670304 by Le F., et al. Characterization and chromosomal localization of the human A2a adenosine receptor gene: ADORA2A.