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Ahr Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Ahr
  • Name
    aryl-hydrocarbon receptor
  • Synonyms
    Ah, Ahh, Ahre, bHLHe76, dioxin receptor, In
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:105043
    NCBI Gene: 11622
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    4 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr12:35547978-35584988 bp, - strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 12, 15.78 cM
  • Mapping Data
    37 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    1240 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
  • PCR
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_105043
protein coding gene Chr12:35547973-35585037 (-)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0019684
protein coding gene Chr12:33704146-33739715 (-)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0019650
protein coding gene Chr12:32653614-32690786 (-)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0019621
protein coding gene Chr12:33679101-33714583 (-)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0019628
protein coding gene Chr12:32854836-32890748 (-)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0019432
protein coding gene Chr12:33593828-33630332 (-)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0020075
protein coding gene Chr12:34648560-34688914 (-)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0017700
protein coding gene Chr12:31790715-31822696 (-)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0018986
protein coding gene Chr12:28659191-28696008 (-)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0019404
protein coding gene Chr12:35800254-35838163 (-)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0019517
protein coding gene Chr12:32500547-32536239 (-)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0019506
protein coding gene Chr12:32225792-32264124 (-)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0019587
protein coding gene Chr12:33777886-33816155 (-)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0019542
protein coding gene Chr12:35467603-35515249 (-)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0020115
protein coding gene Chr12:33185712-33222388 (-)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0018753
protein coding gene Chr12:27194283-27230508 (-)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0018542
protein coding gene Chr12:27808596-27846055 (-)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0019036
protein coding gene Chr12:33433057-33468926 (-)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    AHR, aryl hydrocarbon receptor
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    4
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    AHR, aryl hydrocarbon receptor
  • Synonyms
    bHLHe76, FVH3, RP85
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 196
    neXtProt AC: NX_P35869
    UniProt: P35869

  • Chr Location
    7p21.1; chr7:16916359-17346152 (+)  GRCh38

Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    1 with Ahr mouse models; 1 with human AHR associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
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IDs
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  • Mutations/Alleles
    1 with disease annotations
  • References
    2 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    145 phenotypes from 12 alleles in 27 genetic backgrounds
    10 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    8 images
    445 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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Homozygotes for null or hypomorphic alleles do not respond to cyclic compounds (e.g., dioxin) and are resistant to their teratogenic effects. Depending on the allele, null mutants may also have liver defects, impaired female fertility, neonatal or postnatal lethality, and spleen abnormalities. Conditional homozygous KO in the retina leads to retinal degeneration. Conditional KO in neural progenitor cells leads to decreased susceptibility to ischemic brain injury.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
  • GO References
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
membraneless organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
  • Comparison Matrix
  • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic 11622 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 37011 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript NM_013464 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 5494 ZRU/MplStud  
    polypeptide Q8R4S5 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 883 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 92
      Genomic 10
      cDNA 75
      Primer pair 6
      Other 1

      Microarray probesets 4
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-11402, MGD-MRK-1198, MGD-MRK-1219, MGD-MRK-32082, MGI:895073
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 718
      Developmental Gene Expression 28
      Diseases 2
      Gene Ontology 37
      Phenotypes 445
    • Earliest
      J:84245 Poel WE, et al., Comparative susceptibilities of seven inbred strains of mice to qualified applications of 3, 4-benzpyrene. Proc Am Assoc Cancer Res. 1958;2:335 (Abstr.)
    • Latest
      J:358933 Karmoker JR, et al., Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR)-mediated immune responses to degeneration of the retinal pigment epithelium. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2024 Oct;1870(7):167351

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    last database update
    11/19/2024
    MGI 6.24
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