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Dopamine D2 receptor

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

Dopamine D2 receptor: its AlphaFold model, drawn in one colour
Picture, in one colour: AlphaFold DB model v6 for UniProt P14416, from Fold Commons' snapshot of 2026-10-22. A prediction, not an experiment.

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Fun fact

Several Parkinson's drugs work by switching this protein on.

Words to know

NGSS alignment

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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