OR5AK2

OR5AK2
Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily AK, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR5AK2;
External IDs MGI3030827 HomoloGene79352 GeneCards: OR5AK2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 390181 258427
Ensembl ENSG00000181273 ENSMUSG00000075220
UniProt Q8NH90 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005323 NM_146435.1
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005323 NP_666646.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
56.76 – 56.76 Mb
Chr 2:
85.25 – 85.26 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Olfactory receptor 5AK2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5AK2 gene.[1]

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.[1]

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Class II
(tetrapod specific receptors)

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