The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Peripheral-Type Benzodiazepine Receptor across different species:

translocator protein (18kDa) (TSPO), translocator protein (Tspo), peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (LOC732875), peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (MAV_3896), Peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (xccb100_2086), peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (Smp_102510), peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (Sros_1911), peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (LOC100136652), peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (LOC100280949), peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (PGTG_16395)

Other aliases include:

DBI, IBP, MBR, PBR, BZRP, PKBS, PTBR, mDRC, pk18, Bzrp, Tspo1, Ptbzr, PTBZR02, RATPTBZR02, LOC732875, LOC100136652, LOC100280949

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Peripheral-Type Benzodiazepine Receptor:

translocator protein – OTTHUMP00000198250 – peripheral benzodiazepine receptor – mitochondrial benzodiazepine receptor – benzodiazepine peripheral binding site – peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor – PKBS – isoquinoline-binding protein – benzodiazepine receptor, peripheral – PBR – Benzodiazepin receptor (peripheral) – Peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor

Peripheral-Type Benzodiazepine Receptor fulfills a number of functions:

benzodiazepine receptor activity – cholesterol binding – receptor activity – androgen binding – protein binding

Peripheral-Type Benzodiazepine Receptor is relevant to the following processes:

anion transport – apoptosis – cell proliferation – heme biosynthetic process – protein targeting to mitochondrion – regulation of cholesterol transport – steroid metabolic process – behavioral response to pain – contact inhibition – glial cell migration – negative regulation of glial cell proliferation – negative regulation of nitric oxide biosynthetic process – negative regulation of tumor necrosis factor production – positive regulation of apoptosis – positive regulation of calcium ion transport – positive regulation of glial cell proliferation – positive regulation of mitochondrial depolarization – positive regulation of necrotic cell death – positive regulation of oxygen and reactive oxygen species metabolic process – regulation of steroid biosynthetic process – steroid biosynthetic process – adrenal gland development – aging – axon regeneration in the peripheral nervous system – cellular hypotonic response – cellular response to lipopolysaccharide – cellular response to zinc ion – chloride transport – ion transport – response to axon injury – response to drug – response to manganese ion – response to pain – response to progesterone stimulus – response to stress – response to testosterone stimulus – response to vitamin B1

Locations for Peripheral-Type Benzodiazepine Receptor:

integral to membrane – membrane – mitochondrial outer membrane – mitochondrion

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology