PAQR8

{{Short description|Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens}} {{Infobox gene}}

'''Membrane progesterone receptor beta''' ('''mPRβ'''), or '''progestin and adipoQ receptor 8''' ('''PAQR8'''), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''PAQR8'' gene.<ref name="pmid11676489">{{cite journal | vauthors = Suzuki T, Ganesh S, Agarwala KL, Morita R, Sugimoto Y, Inazawa J, Delgado-Escueta AV, Yamakawa K | title = A novel gene in the chromosomal region for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy on 6p12 encodes a brain-specific lysosomal membrane protein | journal = Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | volume = 288 | issue = 3 | pages = 626–36 | date = Nov 2001 | pmid = 11676489 | doi = 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5825 }}</ref><ref name="pmid12574519">{{cite journal | vauthors = Zhu Y, Rice CD, Pang Y, Pace M, Thomas P | title = Cloning, expression, and characterization of a membrane progestin receptor and evidence it is an intermediary in meiotic maturation of fish oocytes | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume = 100 | issue = 5 | pages = 2231–6 | date = Mar 2003 | pmid = 12574519 | pmc = 151323 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0336132100 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name="entrez">{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: PAQR8 progestin and adipoQ receptor family member VIII| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=85315}}</ref>

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==Further reading== {{Refbegin|2}} * {{cite journal | vauthors = Wistow G, Bernstein SL, Ray S, Wyatt MK, Behal A, Touchman JW, Bouffard G, Smith D, Peterson K | title = Expressed sequence tag analysis of adult human iris for the NEIBank Project: steroid-response factors and similarities with retinal pigment epithelium | journal = Molecular Vision | volume = 8 | pages = 185–95 | date = Jun 2002 | pmid = 12107412 }} * {{cite journal | vauthors = Zhu Y, Bond J, Thomas P | title = Identification, classification, and partial characterization of genes in humans and other vertebrates homologous to a fish membrane progestin receptor | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume = 100 | issue = 5 | pages = 2237–42 | date = Mar 2003 | pmid = 12601167 | pmc = 151324 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0436133100 | bibcode = 2003PNAS..100.2237Z | doi-access = free }} * {{cite journal | vauthors = Hammes SR | title = The further redefining of steroid-mediated signaling | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume = 100 | issue = 5 | pages = 2168–70 | date = Mar 2003 | pmid = 12606724 | pmc = 151311 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0530224100 | bibcode = 2003PNAS..100.2168H | doi-access = free }} * {{cite journal | vauthors = Brandenberger R, Wei H, Zhang S, Lei S, Murage J, Fisk GJ, Li Y, Xu C, Fang R, Guegler K, Rao MS, Mandalam R, Lebkowski J, Stanton LW | title = Transcriptome characterization elucidates signaling networks that control human ES cell growth and differentiation | journal = Nature Biotechnology | volume = 22 | issue = 6 | pages = 707–16 | date = Jun 2004 | pmid = 15146197 | doi = 10.1038/nbt971 | s2cid = 27764390 }} * {{cite journal | vauthors = Tang YT, Hu T, Arterburn M, Boyle B, Bright JM, Emtage PC, Funk WD | title = PAQR proteins: a novel membrane receptor family defined by an ancient 7-transmembrane pass motif | journal = Journal of Molecular Evolution | volume = 61 | issue = 3 | pages = 372–80 | date = Sep 2005 | pmid = 16044242 | doi = 10.1007/s00239-004-0375-2 | bibcode = 2005JMolE..61..372T | s2cid = 31473802 }} {{Refend}}

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