Gene: LEPR (leptin receptor)  Homo sapiens

Symbol: LEPR
Name: leptin receptor
Description: The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the gp130 family of cytokine receptors that are known to stimulate gene transcription via activation of cytosolic STAT proteins. This protein is a receptor for leptin (an adipocyte-specific hormone that regulates body weight), and is involved in the regulation of fat metabolism, as well as in a novel hematopoietic pathway that is required for normal lymphopoiesis. Mutations in this gene have been associated with obesity and pituitary dysfunction. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene. It is noteworthy that this gene and LEPROT gene (GeneID:54741) share the same promoter and the first 2 exons, however, encode distinct proteins (PMID:9207021).[provided by RefSeq, Nov 2010]
Type: protein-coding
RefSeq Status: REVIEWED
Also known as: CD295; DKFZp686B1731; huB219; LEP-R; LEP-R; LEPRD; leptin receptor; OB receptor; OB-R; OB-R; OBR; OTTHUMP00000010692; OTTHUMP00000010693; OTTHUMP00000010694; OTTHUMP00000010695
Orthologs: Mus musculus : Lepr (leptin receptor)  MGI
Rattus norvegicus : Lepr (leptin receptor)
Is Marker For: QTLs:   LDLPS20_H   LDLPS19_H   LDLPS21_H  
Latest Assembly: Human Genome Assembly GRCh37
Position:
MapChrPositionStrandSource
Human Alternate Assembly CHM1_1165,960,272 - 66,176,877+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly HuRef163,995,123 - 64,212,195+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly GRCh37165,886,335 - 66,103,176+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly Build 36165,658,906 - 65,875,410+NCBI
Human Cytogenetic Map1p31 NCBI
Human Genome Assembly165,598,338 - 65,814,843 NCBI
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RGD Object Information
RGD ID: 735832
Created: 2004-02-06
Species: Homo sapiens
Last Modified: 2013-04-30
Status: ACTIVE