TABLE 2

Distinct pharmacology of PAR-2 polymorphic variants A summary of the distinct pharmacological properties of the human polymorphic variants of PAR-2, derived from studies by Compton et al. (2000) that are described further in the text.

PAR-2-Phe240 PAR-2-Ser240
Allele frequency 0.916 0.084
Activating protease Trypsin
tc-LIGRLO
Peptide agonist SLIGRL TLIGRL
SLIGKV SFLLRN
SFLLRN TFLLR
tc-YGPKF