The product of this gene belongs to the family of G-protein coupled receptors, which contains several receptor subtypes with different pharmacological selectivity for various adenosine and uridine nucleotides. This receptor is a P2Y purinergic receptor for UDP-glucose and other UDP-sugars coupled to G-proteins. It has been implicated in extending the known immune system functions of P2Y receptors by participating in the regulation of the stem cell compartment, and it may also play a role in neuroimmune function. Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been identified for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Alternative Names
G protein coupled receptor for UDP-glucose G protein-coupled receptor 105 G protein-coupled receptor VTR 15-20 G-protein coupled receptor 105 GPCR105 KIAA0001 orphan G protein-coupled receptor P2RY14 P2Y(14) receptor P2Y14 P2Y14 receptor purinergic receptor P2Y G-protein coupled 14 UDP-glucose receptor VTR 15-20 VTR 15-20 receptor