| abstract |
The present invention intended to find out a gene encoding a protein having functions equivalent to those of G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) and the protein, and to provide a method for identifying a compound that regulates functions and/or expression of the protein and a useful means for preventing and/or treating diseases relating to the gene and the protein, and has provided a DNA comprising nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or complementary strand thereof, equivalents of the DNA, a protein encoded by the DNA, a vector containing the DNA, a transformant containing the vector, an antibody against the protein, a method for identifying a compound that regulates functions and/or expression of the protein using aforementioned members, an agent and a method for improving depression state, a pharmaceutical composition, and a reagent kit. |