G protein-coupled receptor 24; melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1; MCH receptor 1; MCHR-1; MCH-R1; MCH1R; MCH-1R; MCHR; somatostatin receptor-like protein; SLC-1 (GPR24, SLC1, MCHR1)

Function

• receptor for melanin-concentrating hormone
• coupled to both G proteins that inhibit adenylyl cyclase & G proteins that activate phosphoinositide hydrolysis

Structure

• belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family

Compartment

membrane

Expression

• highest level in brain, especially frontal cortex, hypothalamus
• lower levels in the liver, heart

More general terms

• G-protein coupled receptor; serpentine receptor
• glycoprotein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/601751
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q99705.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=2847