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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Receptors, Cell Surface > Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled > Receptors, Melanocortin > Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1
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Preferred term

Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1  

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Entry terms

  • MC1 Receptor
  • Melanocortin 1 Receptor
  • Melanocortin-1 Receptor
  • Melanocortin Receptor 1
  • Melanocortin Receptor, Melanocyte
  • Melanocyte Melanocortin Receptor
  • Receptor 1, Melanocortin
  • Receptor, MC1
  • Receptor, Melanocortin 1
  • Receptor, Melanocortin-1
  • Receptor, Melanocyte Melanocortin

Scope note

  • A melanocortin receptor subtype found primarily in MELANOCYTES. It shows specificity for ALPHA-MSH and ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE. Loss of function mutations of the type 1 melanocortin receptor account for the majority of red hair and fair skin recessive traits in human.

History note

  • 2004(2002)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D044102

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