| Gene Symbol |
HCRTR1
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| Entrez Gene |
3061
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| Alt Symbol |
OX1R
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| Species |
Human
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| Gene Type |
protein-coding
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| Description |
hypocretin (orexin) receptor 1
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| Other Description |
hypocretin receptor 1|hypocretin receptor type 1|hypocretin receptor-1|orexin receptor 1|orexin receptor type 1|orexin receptor-1|ox-1-R|ox1-R
|
| Swissprots |
O43613 A8K3A6 Q9HBV6
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| Accessions |
AAG28020 AAL47214 AAL50221 CAC34687 EAX07600 EAX07601 EAX07602 O43613 AF041243 AAC39601 AK290521 BAF83210 BC035686 BC074796 AAH74796 CO960455 DA803650 XM_011541308 XP_011539610 NM_001525 NP_001516
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| Function |
Moderately selective excitatory receptor for orexin-A and, with a lower affinity, for orexin-B neuropeptide. Seems to be exclusively coupled to the G(q) subclass of heteromeric G proteins, which activates the phospholipase C mediated signaling cascade (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
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| Subcellular Location |
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
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| Top Pathways |
Neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction
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