Tags: Protein.
In the field of purinergic signaling the P2Y12 protein is found mainly but not exclusively on the surface of blood platelets and is an important regulator in blood clotting.P2Y12 belongs to the Gi class of a group of G protein-coupled (GPCR) purinergic receptors and is a chemoreceptor for adenosine diphosphate (ADP). The P2Y family has several receptor subtypes with different pharmacological selectivity which overlaps in some cases for various adenosine and uridine nucleotides.