| Type: | Family | Name: | Latrophilin-3 |
| Description: | Latrophilins are a family of secretin-like GPCRs that can be subdivided into 3 subtypes: LPH1, LPH2 and LPH3. LPH1 is a brain-specific calciumindependent receptor of alpha-latrotoxin (LTX), a neurotoxin. It is the affinity of this form of the receptor for LTX that gives the family its name. LPH2 and LPH3, whilst sharing extensive sequence similarity to LPH1, do not bind LTX. LPH2 is distributed throughout most tissues, whereas LPH3 is also brain-specific []. The endogenous ligand(s) for these receptors are at present unknown. Binding of LTX to LPH1 stimulates exocytosis and thesubsequent release of large amounts of neurotransmitters from neuronal and endocrine cells. The latrophilins possess up to 7 sites of alternative splicing; the resulting number of possible splice variants leads to a highly variable family of proteins.This entry represents latrophilin-3 (LPH3). A common variant of the latrophilin 3 gene confers susceptibility to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) []. | Short Name: | Latrophilin-3 |
