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Gene

MC1R

melanocortin 1 receptor

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16q24.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 89,918,862–89,920,972 (GRCh38)
Exons
1 exon across 2.1 kb
Protein
317 amino acids
Also known as
MSH-R
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000555147.2NM_002386.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How MC1R is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where MC1R sits. MC1R and 20 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 89,419,917 to 90,419,916.Chromosome 1616q24.3p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.389.6 Mb89.8 Mb90 Mb90.2 Mb90.4 MbANKRD11: 89,267,619–89,490,706, reverse strandANKRD11SPG7: 89,490,719–89,557,768, forward strandSPG7RPL13: 89,560,637–89,567,834, forward strandRPL13CPNE7: 89,575,730–89,597,247, forward strandCPNE7DPEP1: 89,613,308–89,638,456, forward strandDPEP1CHMP1A: 89,640,816–89,657,738, reverse strandCHMP1ASPATA33: 89,657,740–89,671,287, forward strandSPATA33CDK10: 89,680,737–89,696,372, forward strandCDK10SPATA2L: 89,696,357–89,701,733, reverse strandSPATA2LVPS9D1: 89,707,128–89,721,879, reverse strandVPS9D1ZNF276: 89,720,400–89,740,925, forward strandZNF276FANCA: 89,726,683–89,816,977, reverse strandFANCASPIRE2: 89,818,179–89,871,320, forward strandSPIRE2TCF25: 89,873,214–89,913,627, forward strandTCF25MC1R: 89,918,862–89,920,972, forward strandMC1R: 89,919,165–89,936,092, forward strandTUBB3: 89,921,392–89,938,761, forward strandTUBB3DEF8: 89,948,014–89,968,079, forward strandDEF8DBNDD1: 90,004,648–90,019,890, reverse strandDBNDD1DRC4: 90,019,629–90,045,369, forward strandDRC4PRDM7: 90,056,566–90,092,072, reverse strandPRDM7Diagram of MC1R: one exon on the forward strand of chromosome 16Exon 1: 89,918,862–89,920,972, 2,111 bases15′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 2.1 kb of the gene's 2.1 kb; 954 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). MC1R gene: melanocortin 1 receptor. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mc1r

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MC1R gene: melanocortin 1 receptor [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mc1r

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