Calcium-sensing receptor

The calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) is a Class C G-protein coupled receptor which senses extracellular levels of calcium ions. It is primarily expressed in the parathyroid gland, the renal tubules of the kidney and the brain. In the parathyroid gland, it controls calcium homeostasis by regulating the release of parathyroid hormone (PTH). In the kidney it has an inhibitory effect on the reabsorption of calcium, potassium, sodium, and water depending on which segment of the tubule is being activated.

CASR
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesCASR, CAR, EIG8, FHH, FIH, GPRC2A, HHC, HHC1, HYPOC1, NSHPT, PCAR1, calcium sensing receptor, hCasR, Calcium-sensing receptor+CaSR
External IDsOMIM: 601199 MGI: 1351351 HomoloGene: 332 GeneCards: CASR
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

846

12374

Ensembl

ENSG00000036828

ENSMUSG00000051980

UniProt

P41180

Q9QY96

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000388
NM_001178065

NM_013803

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000379
NP_001171536

NP_038831

Location (UCSC)Chr 3: 122.18 – 122.29 MbChr 16: 36.31 – 36.38 Mb
PubMed search
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Since the initial review of CaSR, there has been in-depth analysis of its role related to parathyroid disease and other roles related to tissues and organs in the body. 1993, Brown et al. isolated a clone named BoPCaR (bovine parathyroid calcium receptor) which replicated the effect when introduced to polyvalent cations. Because of this, the ability to clone full-length CaSRs from mammals were performed.

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