Calcitonin receptor

CALCR
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
Aliases CALCR, CRT, CT-R, CTR, CTR1, calcitonin receptor
External IDs OMIM: 114131 MGI: 101950 HomoloGene: 1320 GeneCards: CALCR
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
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UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001742
NM_001164737
NM_001164738

NM_001042725
NM_007588
NM_001355192
NM_001377018

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001158209
NP_001158210
NP_001733

NP_001036190
NP_031614
NP_001342121
NP_001363947

Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 93.42 – 93.57 Mb Chr 6: 3.69 – 3.76 Mb
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The calcitonin receptor (CT) is a G protein-coupled receptor that binds the peptide hormone calcitonin and is involved in maintenance of calcium homeostasis, particularly with respect to bone formation and metabolism.

CT works by activating the G-proteins Gs and Gq often found on osteoclasts, on cells in the kidney, and on cells in a number of regions of the brain. It may also affect the ovaries in women and the testes in men.

The function of the CT receptor protein is modified through its interaction with Receptor activity-modifying proteins (RAMPs), forming the multimeric amylin receptors AMY1 (CT + RAMP1), AMY2 (CT + RAMP2), and AMY3 (CT+ RAMP3).

Preclinical studies have suggested that dual amylin and calcitonin receptor agonists may be more effective than amylin receptor agonists for obesity and type II diabetes.

Interactions

Structure of human calcitonin recptor-Gs complex. The transmembrane calcitonin receptor (blue) is bound to human calcitonin (red) and the Gs complex (yellow). PDB: 7TYO

Calcitonin receptor has been shown to interact with Apolipoprotein B and LRP1.