(Natriuretic Peptide Receptor B/guanylate Cyclase B (Atrionatriuretic Peptide Receptor B) (NPR2))
This gene encodes natriuretic peptide receptor B, one of two integral membrane receptors for natriuretic peptides. Both NPR1 and NPR2 contain five functional domains: an extracellular ligand-binding domain, a single membrane-spanning region, and intracellularly a protein kinase homology domain, a helical hinge region involved in oligomerization, and a carboxyl-terminal guanylyl cyclase catalytic domain. The protein is the primary receptor for C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), which upon ligand binding exhibits greatly increased guanylyl cyclase activity. Mutations in this gene are the cause of acromesomelic dysplasia Maroteaux type. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
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van den Akker: "Structural insights into the ligand binding domains of membrane bound guanylyl cyclases and natriuretic peptide receptors." in: Journal of molecular biology, Vol. 311, Issue 5, pp. 923-37, (2001) (PubMed).