Membrane estrogen receptor
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Membrane estrogen receptors (mERs) are a group of receptors which bind estrogen.[1][2] Unlike nuclear estrogen receptors, which mediate their effects via slower genomic mechanisms, mERs are cell surface receptors that rapidly alter cell signaling via modulation of intracellular signaling cascades.[3][4]
Nuclear estrogen receptors such as ERα and ERβ become mERs through palmitoylation, a post-translational modification that enhances ER association with caveolin-1 to enable trafficking of ERs to the membrane or membrane caveolae.[5][6] Other putative mERs include GPER (GPR30), GPRC6A, ER-X, ERx and Gq-mER.[3][7][8][9]