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Gene

MTNR1B

melatonin receptor 1B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11q14.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 92,969,651–92,982,782 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 13.1 kb
Protein
362 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000257068.3NM_005959.5
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.

Trait report that reads MTNR1B

How MTNR1B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where MTNR1B sits. MTNR1B and 3 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 92,476,217 to 93,476,216.Chromosome 1111q14.3p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2592.6 Mb92.8 Mb93 Mb93.2 Mb93.4 MbFAT3: 92,224,651–92,896,473, forward strandFAT3MTNR1B: 92,969,651–92,982,782, forward strandMTNR1BSLC36A4: 93,143,979–93,197,993, reverse strandSLC36A4DEUP1: 93,329,971–93,438,487, forward strandDEUP1Diagram of MTNR1B: 2 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 11Exon 1: 92,969,651–92,969,948, 298 basesExon 2: 92,981,447–92,982,782, 1,336 bases125′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 1.6 kb of the gene's 13.1 kb; 1,089 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.). MTNR1B gene: melatonin receptor 1B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mtnr1b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MTNR1B gene: melatonin receptor 1B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mtnr1b

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