P2X5 purinoceptor; P2X purinoceptor 5; P2X5; ligand-gated ion channel purinergic receptor P2X5 (P2RX5, P2X5)

Function

• receptor for ATP
• acts as a ligand gated ion channel

Structure

• forms homo- or heteropolymers (putative)
• belongs to the P2X receptor family

Compartment

membrane

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2 Name=B

Expression

• expressed at high levels in brain & immune system

More general terms

• transmembrane 2 protein
• P2X purinoceptor or P2X purinergic receptor
• glycoprotein
• phosphoprotein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/602836
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q93086.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=5026