An isolated and substantially pure mammal polypeptide different from known
adrenergic, serotonine and dopamine receptors, existing at least on
mammalian muscle and eosinophils membranes, for instance in rat, guinea
pig and humans. The invention also relates to plasmids containing the
genes coding for said polypeptide, to host cells transformed by genes
coding for the above mentioned polypeptide, to nucleotide probes capable
of hybridizing with the genes coding for the above mentioned polypeptide,
and to polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies directed against the above
mentioned polypeptide. Said polypeptide is characterized in that it
contains sites such that when said sites are exposed at the surface of a
cell, they are able of binding iodocyanopindolol (ICYP) under blockage of
.alpha., .beta.1, .beta.2, .beta.3-AR, serotonine 5-HT.sub.1A and
serotonine 5-HT.sub.1B receptors, said binding being saturable,
reversible, able to be displaced by a .beta.-adrenergic receptor agonist
SM-11044 with stereoselectivity but not by isoproterenol,
norepi-nephrine, epinephrine, serotonine, dopamine or BRL-37344, and not
being blocked by propranolol, said polypeptide (1) having an apparent
molecular weight of about 30-40 kDa when labeled with
.sup.125I-iodocyanopindolol after photoaffinity labeling and separation
by electrophoresis and an apparent molecular weight of about 60-80 kDa in
Western blot, and (2) generating a fragment having the following formula
DPX.sub.1FFQHRIHX.sub.2FSIFNX.sub.3 by acidic cleavage, wherein X.sub.1
represents S (SEQ ID NO.5) or X (SEQ ID NO.6), X.sub.2 represents V (SEQ
ID NO.6) or W (SEQ ID NO.5) and X.sub.3 represents S (SEQ ID NO.5) or H
(SEQ ID NO.6), said polypeptide being present at least on muscles and
eosinophils membranes and being a non-adrenergic receptor.