Gene Information
Gene NameMC4R
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length332
Protein NamesMelanocortin receptor 4 (MC4-R)
Target Namemelanocortin receptor 4
Target TypeSuccessful target
Gene Age680 ( ENSG00000166603 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBP32245
Gene CardMC4R
Uniprot IDP32245
PfamPF00001
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionyes (1.000213179)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ MC4R ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ MC4R ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ Mc4r ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ MC4R ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Mc4r ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ MC4R ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Mc4r ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ MC4R ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsMC3R, MC5R
ParalogsS1PR1, S1PR5, S1PR2, S1PR3, S1PR4, LPAR1, LPAR2, LPAR3, GPR3, GPR119, GPR6, GPR12, CNR1, CNR2, MC3R, MC5R, MC2R, MC1R
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityBrain, placental, and gut tissues.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);0.001000(Mouse);NULL(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 6W25  (X-ray  2.75A  7AUE  (EM  2.97A  7F53  (EM  3.00A  7F54  (EM  3.00A  7F55  (EM  3.10A  7F58  (EM  3.10A  7PIU  (EM  2.58A  7PIV  (EM  2.86A 
DBSNP rs372794914  rs13447323  rs13447325  rs121913557  rs121913558  rs121913566  rs13447326  rs121913565  rs121913559  rs121913559  rs2229616  rs13447329  rs13447331  rs747681609  rs13447332  rs121913560  rs121913563  rs13447333  rs121913567  rs193922686  rs52820871  rs13447336  rs187152753  rs1057517991  rs121913562  rs121913561  rs121913564  rs13447337 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:25163632};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000255}.
Mouse PG classificationHPG
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