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Facts about Mas-related G-protein coupled receptor member A3.
May regulate nociceptor function and/or development, including the sensation or modulation of pain (By similarity). Activated by the antimalarial drug chloroquine.
| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | Mrgpra3 |
| Uniprot: | Q91WW3 |
| Entrez: | 233222 |

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

Mas-related G-protein coupled receptor member A3
Mass (kDA):
34.483 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 7|7 B3 |
| Sequence: | 7; |
Expressed exclusively in dorsal root ganglia and nodose ganglia. Expressed in a subset of sensory neurons that includes nociceptors. Expressed in the subclass of non-peptidergic sensory neurons that are IB4(+) and VR1(-).

PMID: 11551509 by Dong X., et al. A diverse family of GPCRs expressed in specific subsets of nociceptive sensory neurons.
PMID: 20004959 by Liu Q., et al. Sensory neuron-specific GPCR Mrgprs are itch receptors mediating chloroquine-induced pruritus.