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AmiGO 2: Term Details for "melatonin receptor activity" (GO:0008502)

️Gene Ontology Consortium
️Sat Feb 08 2025

Accession

GO:0008502

Name

melatonin receptor activity

Ontology

molecular_function

Synonyms

None

Alternate IDs

None

Definition

Combining with melatonin, N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine, to initiate a change in cell activity. Melatonin is a neuroendocrine substance that stimulates the aggregation of melanosomes in melanophores, thus lightening the skin. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:ai

Comment

None

History

See term history for GO:0008502 at QuickGO

Chem. react.

None

Subset

None

Link to all genes and gene products annotated to melatonin receptor activity (excluding "regulates").

Link to all direct and indirect annotations to melatonin receptor activity (excluding "regulates").

Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for melatonin receptor activity (excluding "regulates").