OR51B2

OR51B2
Identifiers
Aliases OR51B2, HOR5'Beta3, OR51B1P, olfactory receptor family 51 subfamily B member 2 (gene/pseudogene)
External IDs MGI: 1341900 HomoloGene: 56593 GeneCards: OR51B2
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

79345

18366

Ensembl

ENSG00000279012

ENSMUSG00000063615

UniProt

Q9Y5P1

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_033180

NM_013617

RefSeq (protein)

NP_149420.4

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 5.32 – 5.32 Mb Chr 7: 103.89 – 103.89 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Olfactory receptor 51B2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR51B2 gene.[3]

Function

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.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: OR51B2 olfactory receptor, family 51, subfamily B, member 2".

Further reading

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