OR2B6

OR2B6
Identifiers
Aliases OR2B6, OR2B1, OR2B1P, OR2B5, OR2B6P, OR5-40, OR5-41, OR6-31, dJ408B20.2, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily B member 6
External IDs MGI: 104715 HomoloGene: 40838 GeneCards: OR2B6
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

26212

218066

Ensembl

ENSG00000124657

ENSMUSG00000036658

UniProt

P58173

Q60890

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_012367

NM_146542

RefSeq (protein)

NP_036499.1

NP_666753.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 27.96 – 27.96 Mb Chr 13: 21.64 – 21.64 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Olfactory receptor 2B6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2B6 gene.[3][4]

Olfactory receptors interact with odorant molecules in the nose, to initiate a neuronal response that triggers the perception of a smell. The olfactory receptor proteins are members of a large family of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) arising from single coding-exon genes. Olfactory receptors share a 7-transmembrane domain structure with many neurotransmitter and hormone receptors and are responsible for the recognition and G protein-mediated transduction of odorant signals. The olfactory receptor gene family is the largest in the genome. The nomenclature assigned to the olfactory receptor genes and proteins for this organism is independent of other organisms.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Rouquier S, Taviaux S, Trask BJ, Brand-Arpon V, van den Engh G, Demaille J, Giorgi D (Mar 1998). "Distribution of olfactory receptor genes in the human genome". Nat Genet. 18 (3): 243–50. doi:10.1038/ng0398-243. PMID 9500546.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: OR2B6 olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily B, member 6".

Further reading

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