This gene encodes a member of family I of the G protein-coupled receptors, as well as the EDG family of proteins. This protein functions as a lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptor and contributes to Ca2+ mobilization, a critical cellular response to LPA in cells, through association with Gi and Gq proteins.[5]
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^An S, Bleu T, Zheng Y, Goetzl EJ (November 1998). "Recombinant human G protein-coupled lysophosphatidic acid receptors mediate intracellular calcium mobilization". Mol. Pharmacol. 54 (5): 881–8. PMID9804623.