Human

Human Prostate Gene DataBase
Name melanocortin 1 receptor (alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor)
Symbol MC1R
Aliases MSH-R
Gene Product
  • melanocortin 1 receptor (alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor)
Category
  • Polymorphism in Prostate cancer
UniGeneHs.301240
OMIM155555
Locus4157
SummaryAlpha melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor (melanocortin receptor); couples to a stimulatory G-protein; regulates skin and hair pigmentation
Gene Ontology
Expression
EST (73 ESTs, 32 libraries)
Tissue ? Frequency ? Count ?
brain (2/204)0.210 2/362011
colon (1/853)0.394 1/165626
eye (2/33)0.341 7/93836
heart (1/22)0.077 1/55494
intestine (1/4)0.499 2/11528
kidney (2/86)0.071 2/132968
liver (1/38)0.671 2/46472
lung (2/312)0.349 2/245386
muscle (1/21)0.251 1/71297
ovary (1/144)0.224 1/81880
pancreas (2/33)0.471 3/117255
placenta (2/342)0.493 5/157762
skin (4/31)1.000 29/100815
testis (1/171)0.212 3/117531
uncharacterized tissue (7/1773)0.851 8/713325
uterus (2/212)0.778 4/155110
SAGE (6491426 tags, 125 libraries)
Tissue ? Frequency ? Count ?
blood (1/1)0.180 1/48523
brain (15/19)0.389 33/1262325
cerebellum (1/1)0.170 1/51280
colon (6/8)0.385 10/506815
eye (5/6)0.733 22/708152
foreskin (1/2)0.894 1/9759
kidney (1/2)0.313 1/41857
liver (1/1)0.326 2/133722
lung (1/1)0.156 2/178286
mammary gland (13/19)0.540 37/1146522
muscle (1/2)0.243 1/53875
ovary (6/10)0.466 12/275453
pancreas (5/8)0.476 8/191353
prostate (8/13)0.473 17/670623
skin (5/7)1.000 8/78207
stomach (1/3)0.132 1/66032
uncharacterized tissue (11/22)0.493 20/671551
vascular (3/3)0.321 6/397091
SNPrs2302897 (A/G:locus-region);  rs2228478 (G/A:exception);  rs2979721 (A/T:locus-region);  rs1805005 (G/C:exception);  rs2966252 (T/A:locus-region);  rs885479 (A/G:exception);  rs2229617 (G/A:exception);  rs12207 (C/T:locus-region);  rs1135394 (T/C:locus-region);  
EvidencePolymorphism in Prostate cancer
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Department of Urology
Universityof California, San Francisco