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MeSH Heading: Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1
Tree Number(s): D12.776.543.750.695.430.500; D12.776.543.750.720.600.285.500.500; D12.776.543.750.750.555.285.500.500; D12.776.543.750.750.660.285.500.500
Unique ID: D044102
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D044102
Scope Note: A melanocortin receptor subtype found primarily in MELANOCYTES. It shows specificity for ALPHA-MSH and ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE. Loss of function mutations of the type 1 melanocortin receptor account for the majority of red hair and fair skin recessive traits in human.
Entry Version: RECEPT MELANOCORTIN TYPE 1
Entry Term(s): MC1 Receptor; Melanocortin Receptor 1; Melanocortin-1 Receptor; Melanocyte Melanocortin Receptor; Receptor, Melanocortin-1
Previous Indexing: Receptors, Corticotropin (1999-2003)
Public MeSH Note: 2004; see MELANOCORTIN-1 RECEPTOR 2002 - 2003
History Note: 2004(2002)
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/03/04

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

therapeutic use (TU)

ultrastructure (UL)

Concept UI: M0230664
Scope Note: A melanocortin receptor subtype found primarily in MELANOCYTES. It shows specificity for ALPHA-MSH and ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE. Loss of function mutations of the type 1 melanocortin receptor account for the majority of red hair and fair skin recessive traits in human.
Terms: Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1 Preferred Term
Term UI T529688
Date01/03/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Melanocortin-1 Receptor
Term UI T260672
Date01/01/1955
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Receptor, Melanocortin-1
Term UI T260674
Date01/01/1955
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Melanocyte Melanocortin Receptor
Term UI T529818
Date01/07/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); MC1 Receptor
Term UI T529822
Date01/07/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Melanocortin Receptor 1
Term UI T530196
Date01/13/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004)

Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1 MeSH Descriptor Data 2025