OR52B6

OR52B6
Identifiers
Aliases OR52B6, OR11-47, olfactory receptor family 52 subfamily B member 6
External IDs MGI: 3030452 HomoloGene: 72966 GeneCards: OR52B6
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

340980

259049

Ensembl

ENSG00000187747

ENSMUSG00000073945

UniProt

Q8NGF0

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005162

NM_147047

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005162.2

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 5.58 – 5.58 Mb Chr 7: 103.6 – 103.6 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 52B6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR52B6 gene.[3]

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]

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