leptin receptor

leptin receptor
Receptor for leptin. G-protein coupled, highly expressed in the hypothalamus, the site of appetite regulation in the brain; downstream regulates a K+ ATP channel similar to that involved in regulation of insulin release (see SUR).

Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.

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