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Product Characteristics:
Aliases: Calcitonin receptor like receptor activity modifying protein 2 antibody, Calcitonin-receptor-like receptor activity-modifying protein 2 antibody, CRLR activity modifying protein 2 antibody, CRLR activity-modifying protein 2 antibody, OTTMUSP00000002615 antibody, OTTMUSP00000037624 antibody, RAMP2 antibody, RAMP2_HUMAN antibody, Receptor (calcitonin) activity modifying protein 2 antibody, Receptor activity modifying protein 2 antibody, Receptor activity modifying protein 2 isoform antibody, Receptor activity-modifying protein 2 antibody, RP23-281C18.6 antibody
Target Information: 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 the presence of this (RAMP2) protein, CRLR functions as an adrenomedullin receptor. The RAMP2 protein is involved in core glycosylation and transportation of adrenomedullin receptor to the cell surface. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]