Serpentine receptor

Serpentine receptor

A serpentine receptor is a type of neurotransmitter receptor that "snakes" across a cell membrane seven times, as opposed to the normal one time by other neurotransmitter receptors. Serpentine receptors are a type of g-protein coupled receptors. [http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/chem/midden/MITBCT/mem/gp.html]


=See also=neuroscience
*Formyl peptide receptor


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