μ-opioid receptor

The μ-opioid receptors (MOR) are a class of opioid receptors with a high affinity for enkephalins and beta-endorphin, but a low affinity for dynorphins. They are also referred to as μ(mu)-opioid peptide (MOP) receptors. The prototypical μ-opioid receptor agonist is morphine, the primary psychoactive alkaloid in opium and for which the receptor was named, with mu being the first letter of Morpheus, the compound's namesake in the original Greek. It is an inhibitory G-protein coupled receptor that activates the Gi alpha subunit, inhibiting adenylate cyclase activity, lowering cAMP levels.

OPRM1
Identifiers
AliasesOPRM1, LMOR, M-OR-1, MOP, MOR, MOR1, OPRM, opioid receptor mu 1
External IDsOMIM: 600018 MGI: 97441 HomoloGene: 37368 GeneCards: OPRM1
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

4988

18390

Ensembl

ENSG00000112038

ENSMUSG00000000766

UniProt

P35372

P42866

RefSeq (mRNA)
RefSeq (protein)
Location (UCSC)Chr 6: 154.01 – 154.25 MbChr 10: 6.71 – 6.99 Mb
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