Dopamine D2 receptor

This protein catches a brain signal called dopamine. The signal matters for movement and reward.

Fun fact

Many Parkinson's drugs work by tuning this protein.

Words to know

receptor
neuron

NGSS alignment

MS-LS1-3Body as a system

Structure

Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P14416. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P14416.

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