• Product name

  Kappa Opioid Receptor peptide
  See all Kappa Opioid Receptor proteins and peptides

• Animal free

  No

• Nature

  Synthetic

• Alternative names

  • K-OR-1
  • Kappa opioid receptor
  • Kappa type opioid receptor

  • Kappa-type opioid receptor
  • KOR
  • KOR 1
  • KOR-1
  • Opiate receptor kappa 1
  • Opiate receptor, kappa 1
  • Opioid receptor, kappa 1
  • OPRK
  • OPRK 1
  • OPRK_HUMAN
  • OPRK1
  • Oprk2
  • R21

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• Function

  Inhibits neurotransmitter release by reducing calcium ion currents and increasing potassium ion conductance. Receptor for dynorphins. May play a role in arousal and regulation of autonomic and neuroendocrine functions.

• Sequence similarities

  Belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family.

• Cellular localization

  Cell membrane.

• Target information above from: UniProt accession P41145 The UniProt Consortium
  The Universal Protein Resource (UniProt) in 2010
  Nucleic Acids Res. 38:D142-D148 (2010) .

  Information by UniProt