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Facts about Vomeronasal type-2 receptor 116.
Receptor for the Esp1 pheromone.
Mediates the response to Esp1 which enhances female sexual receptive behavior (lordosis) upon male mounting, resulting in successful copulation..
| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | Vmn2r116 |
| Uniprot: | E9Q6I0 |
| Entrez: | 619697 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| G-protein coupled receptor 3 family |

Vomeronasal type-2 receptor 116
Mass (kDA):
97.704 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 17|17 A3.3 |
| Sequence: | 17; |
Expressed in the vomeronasal organ.

PMID: 20596023 by Haga S., et al. The male mouse pheromone ESP1 enhances female sexual receptive behaviour through a specific vomeronasal receptor.
PMID: 23576433 by Yoshinaga S., et al. Structure of the mouse sex peptide pheromone ESP1 reveals a molecular basis for specific binding to the class C G-protein-coupled vomeronasal receptor.