UniProt Protein Function: | TRPV1: a receptor for capsaicin and a non-selective cation channel that is structurally related to members of the TRP family of ion channels. Activated by increases in temperature in the noxious range, suggesting that it functions as a transducer of painful thermal stimuli in vivo. |
UniProt Protein Details: | Protein type:Channel, cation; Membrane protein, multi-pass; Membrane protein, integral; Receptor, misc. Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 17p13.2 Cellular Component: integral to membrane; integral to plasma membrane; intrinsic to plasma membrane; plasma membrane; postsynaptic membrane Molecular Function:ATP binding; calcium channel activity; calcium-release channel activity; excitatory extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity; phosphoprotein binding; transmembrane receptor activity Biological Process: cell surface receptor linked signal transduction; chemosensory behavior; thermoception; transport |
NCBI Summary: | Capsaicin, the main pungent ingredient in hot chili peppers, elicits a sensation of burning pain by selectively activating sensory neurons that convey information about noxious stimuli to the central nervous system. The protein encoded by this gene is a receptor for capsaicin and is a non-selective cation channel that is structurally related to members of the TRP family of ion channels. This receptor is also activated by increases in temperature in the noxious range, suggesting that it functions as a transducer of painful thermal stimuli in vivo. Four transcript variants encoding the same protein, but with different 5' UTR sequence, have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] |
UniProt Code: | Q8NER1 |
NCBI GenInfo Identifier: | 296452849 |
NCBI Gene ID: | 7442 |
NCBI Accession: | Q8NER1.2 |
UniProt Secondary Accession: | Q8NER1,Q3LU47, Q9H0G9, Q9H303, Q9H304, Q9NQ74, Q9NY22 A2RUA9, |
UniProt Related Accession: | Q8NER1 |
Molecular Weight: | 94,211 Da |
NCBI Full Name: | Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 |
NCBI Synonym Full Names: | transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 |
NCBI Official Symbol: | TRPV1 |
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols: | VR1 |
NCBI Protein Information: | transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 |
UniProt Protein Name: | Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 |
UniProt Synonym Protein Names: | Capsaicin receptor; Osm-9-like TRP channel 1; OTRPC1; Vanilloid receptor 1 |
Protein Family: | Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily |
UniProt Gene Name: | TRPV1 |
UniProt Entry Name: | TRPV1_HUMAN |