OR56A1

OR56A1
Identifiers
Aliases OR56A1, OR11-75, olfactory receptor family 56 subfamily A member 1
External IDs HomoloGene: 84584 GeneCards: OR56A1
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

120796

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Ensembl

ENSG00000180934

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UniProt

Q8NGH5

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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001001917

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001001917.2

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Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 6.03 – 6.03 Mb n/a
PubMed search [1] n/a
Wikidata
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Olfactory receptor 56A1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR56A1 gene.[2]

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.[2]

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