Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 9.0.0)
Enables oxytocin receptor activity. Involved in several processes, including maternal behavior; milk ejection reflex; and positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of blood pressure. Predicted to be located in adherens junction; apical plasma membrane; and microvillus. Predicted to be active in plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including adipose tissue; brain; exocrine gland; genitourinary system; and gut. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in alcohol dependence; depressive disorder; impulse control disorder; personality disorder; and substance abuse (multiple). Orthologous to human OXTR (oxytocin receptor).
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