Prolactin Receptor

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The prolactin receptor—encoded by a gene on Chromosome 5p13-14—interacts with the prolactin molecule as a transmembrane receptor.

Thus it contains an extracellular region that binds prolactin, a transmembrane regions, and a cytoplasmatic region.

A specific second messenger has not yet been identified.

There may be variations among different tissue prolactin receptors.

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