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A receptor that binds an extracellular ligand and transmits the signal to a heterotrimeric G-protein complex. These receptors are characteristically seven-transmembrane receptors and are made up of hetero- or homodimers. Combining with an extracellular or intracellular messenger to initiate a change in cell activity, and spanning to the membrane of either the cell or an organelle. Combining with cannabinoids to initiate a change in cell activity.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: cannabinoid receptor activity
Acc: GO:0004949
Aspect: Molecular Function
Desc: Combining with cannabinoids to initiate a change in cell activity.
Synonyms:
  • cannaboid receptor
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 6 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 6 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0004949 - cannabinoid receptor activity (interactive image map)
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