The immunogen is a synthetic peptide directed towards the N terminal region of human HTR3A
Alternative Synonym:
HTR3, 5HT3R, 5-HT-3, 5-HT3A, 5-HT3R
HTR3A belongs to the ligand-gated ion channel receptor superfamily. It is the subunit A of the type 3 receptor for 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin), a biogenic hormone that functions as a neurotransmitter, a hormone, and a mitogen. This receptor causes fast, depolarizing responses in neurons after activation. It appears that the heteromeric combination of A and B subunits is necessary to provide the full functional features of this receptor, since either subunit alone results in receptors with very low conductance and response amplitude. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.