OR5B2

OR5B2
Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily B, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR5B2; OR11-240; OST073
External IDs MGI3031285 HomoloGene110493 GeneCards: OR5B2 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 390190 258700
Ensembl ENSG00000172365 ENSMUSG00000046913
UniProt Q96R09 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005566 NM_146705.1
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005566 NP_666916.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
58.19 – 58.19 Mb
Chr 19:
13.07 – 13.07 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Olfactory receptor 5B2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5B2 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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