Receptor activity modifying protein 3, also known as RAMP3, is a human gene.[5][6]
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the RAMP family of single-transmembrane-domain proteins, called receptor (calcitonin) activity modifying proteins (RAMPs). RAMPs are type I transmembrane proteins with an extracellular N terminus and a cytoplasmic C terminus. RAMPs are required to transport calcitonin-receptor-like receptor (CRLR) to the plasma membrane. CRLR, a receptor with seven transmembrane domains, can function as either a calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor or an adrenomedullin receptor, depending on which members of the RAMP family are expressed. In humans and other mammals, there are 3 RAMPS, while in fish there are more, with sub-variants. In the presence of this (RAMP3) protein, CRLR functions as an adrenomedullin receptor with low affinity for CGRP.[5]
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Further reading
Kuwasako K, Kitamura K, Nagata S, Kato J (2008). "Functions of the extracellular histidine residues of receptor activity-modifying proteins vary within adrenomedullin receptors". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 377 (1): 109–13. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.09.105. PMID18835256.
Kuwasako K, Cao YN, Nagoshi Y, et al. (2004). "Characterization of the human calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor subtypes associated with receptor activity-modifying proteins". Mol. Pharmacol. 65 (1): 207–13. doi:10.1124/mol.65.1.207. PMID14722252.
Kuwasako K, Kitamura K, Nagoshi Y, Eto T (2003). "Novel calcitonin-(8-32)-sensitive adrenomedullin receptors derived from co-expression of calcitonin receptor with receptor activity-modifying proteins". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 301 (2): 460–4. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(02)03072-3. PMID12565884.
Wang YF, Zhang J, Li J, et al. (2004). "[Increased atria expression of receptor activity-modifying proteins in heart failure patients]". Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi. 21 (4): 351–4. PMID15300632.
Udawela M, Christopoulos G, Morfis M, et al. (2006). "A critical role for the short intracellular C terminus in receptor activity-modifying protein function". Mol. Pharmacol. 70 (5): 1750–60. doi:10.1124/mol.106.024257. PMID16912219. S2CID7249716.
Flahaut M, Pfister C, Rossier BC, Firsov D (2003). "N-Glycosylation and conserved cysteine residues in RAMP3 play a critical role for the functional expression of CRLR/RAMP3 adrenomedullin receptor". Biochemistry. 42 (34): 10333–41. doi:10.1021/bi0347508. PMID12939163.
Qi T, Christopoulos G, Bailey RJ, et al. (2008). "Identification of N-terminal receptor activity-modifying protein residues important for calcitonin gene-related peptide, adrenomedullin, and amylin receptor function". Mol. Pharmacol. 74 (4): 1059–71. doi:10.1124/mol.108.047142. PMID18593822. S2CID33491956.