Protein Domain : IPR000995

Type:  Family Name:  Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor family
Description:  Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors are members of rhodopsin-like G-protein coupled receptor family. They play several important roles; they mediate many of the effects of acetylcholine in the central and peripheral nervous system and modulate a variety of physiological functions, such as airway, eye and intestinal smooth muscle contraction, heart rate and glandular secretions. The receptors have a widespread tissue distribution and are a major drug target in human disease. They may be effective therapeutic targets in Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [, ]. There are five muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes, designated M1-5 [, , , , ]. The family can be further divided into two broad groups based on their primary coupling to G-proteins. M2 and M4 receptors couple to the pertussis-toxin sensitive Gi proteins, whereas M1, M3 and M5 receptors couple to Gq proteins [, ], which activate phospholipase C. The different subtypes can also couple to a wide range of diverse signalling pathways, some of which are G protein-independent [, , ].All subtypes seem to serve as autoreceptors [], and knockout mice reveal the important neuromodulatory role played by this receptor family [, , ].This entry represents the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor family. Short Name:  Musac_Ach_rcpt

5 Child Features

DB identifier Type Name
IPR002228 Family Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1
IPR000502 Family Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M5
IPR001065 Family Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M2
IPR001183 Family Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M3
IPR001432 Family Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4

0 Contains

1 Cross References

Identifier
PR00243

0 Found In

3 GO Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0016907 IPR000995
GO:0007186 IPR000995
GO:0005887 IPR000995

3 Ontology Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0016907 IPR000995
GO:0007186 IPR000995
GO:0005887 IPR000995

1 Parent Features

DB identifier Type Name
IPR000276 Family G protein-coupled receptor, rhodopsin-like

0 Proteins

14 Publications

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