The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 3, Group C, Member 2 across different species:

nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 2 (NR3C2), nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 2 (Nr3c2), nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 2 (nr3c2), mineralocorticoid receptor (LOC443144), mineralocorticoid receptor (LOC100302443)

Other aliases include:

MR, MCR, MLR, FLJ41052, NR3C2VIT, MGC133092, Mlr, mlr, MGC82139, LOC443144, NR3C2, mr, si:ch211-189l17.1, LOC100302443

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 3, Group C, Member 2:

nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 2 – aldosterone receptor – mineralocorticoid receptor 1 – mineralocorticoid receptor delta – mineralocorticoid receptor – MR – Mineralocorticoid receptor (aldosterone receptor) – OTTMUSP00000026404 – OTTMUSP00000026405 – OTTMUSP00000026406 – OTTMUSP00000026407 – nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 2

Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 3, Group C, Member 2 fulfills a number of functions:

metal ion binding – protein binding – receptor activity – sequence-specific DNA binding – steroid binding – steroid hormone receptor activity – transcription factor activity – zinc ion binding – double-stranded DNA binding – hormone binding – mineralocorticoid receptor activity – protein heterodimerization activity – protein homodimerization activity – sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity – DNA binding – lipid binding – ligand-dependent nuclear receptor activity

Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 3, Group C, Member 2 is relevant to the following processes:

regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – signal transduction – cellular sodium ion homeostasis – excretion – mineralocorticoid receptor signaling pathway – regulation of cell proliferation – regulation of transcription – transcription

Locations for Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 3, Group C, Member 2:

cytoplasm – endoplasmic reticulum – extrinsic to membrane – membrane – nucleus – endoplasmic reticulum membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology