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Gene

MC3R

melanocortin 3 receptor

Summary

Cytogenetic location
20q13.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 20: 56,248,732–56,249,815 (GRCh38)
Exons
1 exon across 1.1 kb
Protein
323 amino acids
Also known as
MC3
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000243911.2NM_019888.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads MC3R yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MC3R is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 20, with a bracket where MC3R sits. MC3R and 10 genes near it on chromosome 20, from 55,749,274 to 56,749,273.Chromosome 2020q13.2p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3355.8 Mb56 Mb56.2 Mb56.4 Mb56.6 MbCBLN4: 55,996,442–56,005,529, reverse strandCBLN4MC3R: 56,248,732–56,249,815, forward strandMC3RMIMS2: 56,358,958–56,368,663, forward strandMIMS2AURKA: 56,369,382–56,392,566, reverse strandAURKACSTF1: 56,392,368–56,406,362, forward strandCSTF1CASS4: 56,412,029–56,460,387, forward strandCASS4RTF2: 56,468,585–56,519,449, forward strandRTF2GCNT7: 56,491,492–56,525,925, reverse strandGCNT7FAM209A: 56,517,187–56,526,152, forward strandFAM209AFAM209B: 56,533,246–56,536,520, forward strandFAM209BTFAP2C: 56,629,306–56,639,283, forward strandTFAP2CDiagram of MC3R: one exon on the forward strand of chromosome 20Exon 1: 56,248,732–56,249,815, 1,084 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 1.1 kb of the gene's 1.1 kb; 972 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.). MC3R gene: melanocortin 3 receptor. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mc3r

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MC3R gene: melanocortin 3 receptor [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mc3r

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