G protein-coupled receptor 56 also known as TM7XN1 is a protein encoded by the ADGRG1gene.[5] GPR56 is a member of the adhesion GPCR family.[6][7]
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.[8]
GPR56 is expressed in liver, muscle, tendon, neural, and cytotoxic lymphoid cells in human as well as in hematopoietic precursor, muscle, and developing neural cells in the mouse.[9]
GPR56 has been shown to have numerous role in cell guidance/adhesion as exemplified by its roles in tumour inhibition and neuron development.[10][11] More recently it has been shown to be a marker for cytotoxic T cells and a subgroup of Natural killer cells.[12]
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