paqr-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable signaling receptor activity. Involved in positive regulation of fatty acid oxidation. Predicted to be located in plasma membrane. Expressed in excretory canal; gonadal sheath cell; mechanosensory neurons; and pharyngeal gland cell. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease; obesity; and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Is an ortholog of human ADIPOR1 (adiponectin receptor 1).