sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor GPR6; G-protein coupled receptor 6 (GPR6)

Function

• receptor for the lysosphingolipid sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P)
• mediates acitivity via G proteins that activate a phosphatidylinositol-Ca+2 second messenger system (putative)

Structure

belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family

Compartment

cell membrane

More general terms

• G-protein coupled receptor; serpentine receptor
• phosphoprotein
• glycoprotein

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:2830
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/600553
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P46095.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=2830