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Tclin
ADRA2C
Alpha-2C adrenergic receptor

Protein Summary
Description
Alpha-2 adrenergic receptors mediate the catecholamine-induced inhibition of adenylate cyclase through the action of G proteins. Alpha-2-adrenergic receptors are members of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily. They include 3 highly homologous subtypes: alpha2A, alpha2B, and alpha2C. These receptors have a critical role in regulating neurotransmitter release from sympathetic nerves and from adrenergic neurons in the central nervous system. The mouse studies revealed that both the alpha2A and alpha2C subtypes were required for normal presynaptic control of transmitter release from sympathetic nerves in the heart and from central noradrenergic neurons. The alpha2A subtype inhibited transmitter release at high stimulation frequencies, whereas the alpha2C subtype modulated neurotransmission at lower levels of nerve activity. This gene encodes the alpha2C subtype, which contains no introns in either its coding or untranslated sequences. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Uniprot Accession IDs
Gene Name
Ensembl ID
  • ENST00000330055
  • ENSP00000386069
  • ENSG00000184160

Symbol
  • ADRA2L2
  • ADRA2RL2
  • ADRA2L2
  • ADRARL2
  • ADRA2RL2
  • ALPHA2CAR
Illumination Graph
Knowledge Table
Most Knowledge About
Knowledge Value (0 to 1 scale)
drug
1
biological process
0.96
ligand (chemical)
0.94
molecular function
0.81
disease perturbation
0.74


IDG Development Level Summary
Tdark

These are targets about which virtually nothing is known. They do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 170.41   (req: < 5)
Gene RIFs: 52   (req: <= 3)
Antibodies: 484   (req: <= 50)
Tbio

These targets do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 170.41   (req: >= 5)
Gene RIFs: 52   (req: > 3)
Antibodies: 484   (req: > 50)

- OR - satisfy the following criterion:

Gene Ontology Terms: 23
Tchem

Target has at least one ChEMBL compound with an activity cutoff of < 30 nM - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Ligands: 306
Tclin

Target has at least one approved drug - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Drugs: 52