When this gene was first cloned, it was proposed to encode an adrenomedullin receptor.[6] However, when the corresponding protein was expressed, it was found not to respond to adrenomedullin (ADM).[7]
It was subsequently shown that a different GPCR, CALCRL when complexed with RAMP2 can function as an ADM receptor.[8]
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^Kennedy SP, Sun D, Oleynek JJ, Hoth CF, Kong J, Hill RJ (March 1998). "Expression of the rat adrenomedullin receptor or a putative human adrenomedullin receptor does not correlate with adrenomedullin binding or functional response". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 244 (3): 832–837. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.8349. PMID9535752.
^McLatchie LM, Fraser NJ, Main MJ, Wise A, Brown J, Thompson N, Solari R, Lee MG, Foord SM (May 1998). "RAMPs regulate the transport and ligand specificity of the calcitonin-receptor-like receptor". Nature. 393 (6683): 333–339. Bibcode:1998Natur.393..333M. doi:10.1038/30666. PMID9620797. S2CID4364526.