[Term]
id: PR:000001656
name: prostaglandin D2 receptor
def: "A prostanoid receptor that is a translation product of the human PTGDR gene or a 1:1 ortholog thereof. The preferred ligand is prostaglandin D2 (PGD2). This receptor is found mainly in blood platelets, vascular smooth muscle, and nervous tissue. It is the least upiquitous of the prostanoid receptors, almost always occurring in association with other prostanoid receptor types." [PRO:WCB, PMID:7938166]
comment: Category=gene.
synonym: "PTGDR" EXACT PRO-short-label [PRO:DNx]
synonym: "PGD receptor" EXACT []
synonym: "PGD2 receptor" EXACT []
synonym: "prostanoid DP receptor" EXACT []
xref: IUPHARobj:338
property_value: has_archetype PR:Q13258
is_a: PR:000001549 ! prostanoid receptor