GPR179

GPR179
Identifiers
Aliases	GPR179, CSNB1E, GPR158L, GPR158L1, G protein-coupled receptor 179
External IDs	OMIM: 614515; MGI: 2443409; GeneCards: GPR179
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 17 (human)
End	38,343,956 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 11 (mouse)
End	97,242,903 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	testicle; ; prefrontal cortex; ; superior frontal gyrus; ; sural nerve; ; primary visual cortex; ; Brodmann area 9; ; skeletal muscle tissue; ; hypothalamus; ; right frontal lobe; ; nucleus accumbens;
	Top expressed in
	neural layer of retina; ; vestibular sensory epithelium; ; epithelium of lens; ; hypothalamus; ; left ventricle; ; diencephalic nucleus; ; aortic valve; ; nucleus of hypothalamus; ; adrenal gland; ; islet of Langerhans;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	G protein-coupled receptor activity; signal transducer activity;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; plasma membrane; membrane;
Biological process	G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway; signal transduction; visual perception; response to stimulus;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Databases	NCBI: entry; OMA: entry
	440435
	217143
	ENSG00000276469; ENSG00000277399
	ENSMUSG00000070337
	Q6PRD1
	E9PY61
	NM_001004334
	NM_001081220; NM_175453
	NP_001004334
	NP_001074689
	Wikidata
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Probable G-protein coupled receptor 179 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GPR179 gene.

Clinical relevance

Mutations in this gene have been associated to cases of congenital stationary Night Blindness.