Summary

Vomeronasal organ pheromone receptor family, V1R

This family represents one of two known vomeronasal organ receptor families, the V1R family (after [4]).

Literature references

Dulac C, Axel R; , Cell 1995;83:195-206.: A novel family of genes encoding putative pheromone receptors in mammals. PUBMED:7585937
Rodriguez I, Feinstein P, Mombaerts P; , Cell 1999;97:199-208.: Variable patterns of axonal projections of sensory neurons in the mouse vomeronasal system. PUBMED:10219241
Mombaerts P; , Science 1999;286:707-711.: Seven-transmembrane proteins as odorant and chemosensory receptors. PUBMED:10531047
Ryba NJ; , Curr Biol 1999;9:963-1032.: Pheromone reception: A complex map of activation in the brain. PUBMED:10395534

InterPro entry IPR004072

G-protein-coupled receptors, GPCRs, constitute a vast protein family that encompasses a wide range of functions (including various autocrine, paracrine and endocrine processes). They show considerable diversity at the sequence level, on the basis of which they can be separated into distinct groups. We use the term clan to describe the GPCRs, as they embrace a group of families for which there are indications of evolutionary relationship, but between which there is no statistically significant similarity in sequence PUBMED:8170923. The currently known clan members include the rhodopsin-like GPCRs, the secretin-like GPCRs, the cAMP receptors, the fungal mating pheromone receptors, and the metabotropic glutamate receptor family. There is a specialised database for GPCRs (http://www.gpcr.org/7tm/).

The rhodopsin-like GPCRs themselves represent a widespread protein family that includes hormone, neurotransmitter and light receptors, all of which transduce extracellular signals through interaction with guanine nucleotide-binding (G) proteins. Although their activating ligands vary widely in structure and character, the amino acid sequences of the receptors are very similar and are believed to adopt a common structural framework comprising 7 transmembrane (TM) helices PUBMED:2111655, PUBMED:2830256, PUBMED:8386361.

Pheromones have evolved in all animal phyla, to signal sex and dominance status, and are responsible for stereotypical social and sexual behaviour among members of the same species. In mammals, these chemical signals are believed to be detected primarily by the vomeronasal organ (VNO), a chemosensory organ located at the base of the nasal septum PUBMED:11163270. The VNO is present in most amphibia, reptiles and non-primate mammals but is absent in birds, adult catarrhine monkeys and apes PUBMED:10531049. An active role for the human VNO in the detection of pheromones is disputed; the VNO is clearly present in the foetus but appears to be atrophied or absent in adults. Three distinct families of putative pheromone receptors have been identified in the vomeronasal organ (V1Rs, V2Rs and V3Rs). All are G protein-coupled receptors but are only distantly related to the receptors of the main olfactory system, highlighting their different role PUBMED:11163270.

The V1 receptors share between 50 and 90% sequence identity but have little similarity to other families of G protein-coupled receptors. They appear to be distantly related to the mammalian T2R bitter taste receptors and the rhodopsin-like GPCRs PUBMED:10548735. In rat, the family comprises 30-40 genes. These are expressed in the apical regions of the VNO, in neurons expressing Gi2. Coupling of the receptors to this protein mediates inositol trisphosphate signalling PUBMED:11163270. A number of human V1 receptor homologues have also been found. The majority of these human sequences are pseudogenes PUBMED:11116092 but an apparently functional receptor has been identified that is expressed in the human olfactory system PUBMED:10973240.

Clan

This family is a member of clan GPCR_A (CL0192), which contains the following 34 members:

7TM-7TMR_HD 7tm_1 7tm_2 7TM_GPCR_Sra 7TM_GPCR_Srab 7TM_GPCR_Srb 7TM_GPCR_Srbc 7TM_GPCR_Srd 7TM_GPCR_Srh 7TM_GPCR_Sri 7TM_GPCR_Srj 7TM_GPCR_Srsx 7TM_GPCR_Srt 7TM_GPCR_Sru 7TM_GPCR_Srv 7TM_GPCR_Srw 7TM_GPCR_Srx 7TM_GPCR_Srz 7TM_GPCR_Str Bac_rhodopsin Dicty_CAR DUF1182 DUF621 Frizzled Git3 Git3_C GpcrRhopsn4 Lung_7-TM_R Ocular_alb Serpentine_r_xa Sre Srg TAS2R V1R

Gene Ontology

Cellular component	integral to membrane (GO:0016021)
Molecular function	pheromone receptor activity (GO:0016503)
Biological process	G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway (GO:0007186)

External database links

PANDIT:	PF03402
SYSTERS:	V1R

Domain organisation

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Alignments

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Alignment:	Seed (2) Full (351) NCBI (786) Metagenomics
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Alignment:	Seed (2) Full (351)
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Pfam alignments:	Seed (2) Full (351) NCBI (786) Metagenomics
Full length sequences	Full-sequences (351)

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Trees

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Curation and family details

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Curation

Seed source:

Pfam-B_3057 (release 6.6)

Previous IDs:

none

Type:

Family

Author:

Mifsud W

Number in seed:

2

Number in full:

351

Average length of the domain:

255.80 aa

Average identity of full alignment:

30 %

Average coverage of the sequence by the domain:

84.47 %

HMM information

HMM build commands:

build method: hmmbuild -o /dev/null HMM SEED

search method: hmmsearch -Z 9421015 -E 1000 HMM pfamseq

Model details:

Parameter	Sequence	Domain
Gathering cut-off	25.0	25.0
Trusted cut-off	26.3	25.7
Noise cut-off	17.5	16.3

Model length:

265

Family (HMM) version:

7

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Species distribution

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Family: V1R (PF03402)

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