Background of the antigen
P2Y purinoceptor 11 (P2Y11) is a 374 amino acid protein belonging to the G-protein coupled receptor one family. P2Y11 is a multi-pass cell membrane protein that acts as a receptor for both ATP and ATD coupled to G proteins. Due to these interactions, P2Y11 is involved in phosphatidylinositol-calcium and adenylyl cyclase pathways. Induced by DMSO and retinoic acid, P2Y11 is highly expressed in spleen tissue. A putative trans-splicing event involving the gene that encodes P2Y11 and an upstream gene encoding PPAN has been found to result in a fusion protein, designated PPAN-P2RY11.