Adhesion G protein-coupled receptor G7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ADGRG7gene (previously GPR128). ADGRG7 is a member of the adhesion GPCR family.
Adhesion GPCRs are characterized by an extended extracellular region often possessing N-terminal protein modules that is linked to a TM7 region via a domain known as the GPCR-Autoproteolysis INducing (GAIN) domain.
Tissue distribution
ADGRG7 is specifically expressed in human liver as well as in mouse bone marrow and intestinal tissues.
Function
Ni et al. showed that Adgrg7 deletion in mice causes reduced body weight and induced intestinal contraction frequency.
Clinical significance
A 111-kb copy number gain with breakpoints within the TRK-fused gene (a target of translocations in lymphoma and thyroid tumors) and ADGRG7 has been identified in the genome of patients with atypical myeloproliferative neoplasms. Notably, the fused gene was also detected in few healthy individuals.
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