Protein Name | melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 |
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Organism | Rattus norvegicus |
Gene ID | 83567 |
Gene Symbol | Mchr1 |
UniProt | P97639 (MCHR1_RAT) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 42 |
Description |
melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 |
Gene Summary |
Enables hormone binding activity; melanin-concentrating hormone receptor activity; and protein C-terminus binding activity. Involved in cell surface receptor signaling pathway; positive regulation of calcium ion transport; and positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration. Located in plasma membrane. Biomarker of obesity. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in morbid obesity. Orthologous to human MCHR1 (melanin concentrating hormone receptor 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022] |
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