Table 2

Muscarinic receptor genes

SpeciesSwissProt accession code Number of amino acids (% identity with human sequence)
M1M2M3M4M5
Human P11229 P08172 P20309 P08713 P08912
460466590479532
Pig P04761 P06199 P11483
460 (99%)466 (97%)590 (96%)
Cow P41984
590 (95%)
Rat P08482 P10980 P08483 P08485 P08911
458 (99%)466 (95%)589 (92%)478 (95%)531 (89%)
Mouse P12657 P30544
460 (98%)479 (95%)
Xenopus 2-a P30544
484 (78%)
Chicken2-a P30372 P49578 P17200
466 (92%)2-b 639 (87%)490 (76%)
  • 2-a The nonmammalian Xenopus and chicken receptors have been included for comparison. A Drosophilamuscarinic receptor (P13695, 722aa) also has been cloned (Shapiroet al., 1989; Onai et al., 1989), but its sequence does not fit into the current classification.

  • 2-b Unusual pharmacology, with approximately ten times higher pirenzepine affinity than mammalian M2 receptors (Tietje and Nathanson, 1991).

  • From Hulme et al. (1990); Hall et al. (1993);Herrera et al. (1994); Eglen et al. (1996), and the SwissProt database.