OR2W1

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OR2W1
Identifiers
Aliases OR2W1 , hs6M1-15, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily W member 1
External IDs MGI: 3030097; HomoloGene: 12791; GeneCards: OR2W1; OMA:OR2W1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_030903

NM_010984

RefSeq (protein)

NP_112165

NP_035114

Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 29.04 – 29.05 Mb Chr 13: 21.31 – 21.32 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Olfactory receptor 2W1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2W1 gene. [5]

Contents

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. [5]

Ligands

Out of 10 human ORs studied, OR2W1 was the most broadly tuned, meaning it responds to the greatest variety of different odorant molecules. [6]

Ligands, in decreasing order of sensitivity: [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 ENSG00000226463, ENSG00000206525, ENSG00000228977, ENSG00000228652, ENSG00000229328, ENSG00000227639, ENSG00000234101 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000204704, ENSG00000226463, ENSG00000206525, ENSG00000228977, ENSG00000228652, ENSG00000229328, ENSG00000227639, ENSG00000234101 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000071522 Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: OR2W1 olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily W, member 1".
  6. 1 2 Saito H, Chi Q, Zhuang H, Matsunami H, Mainland JD (March 2009). "Odor coding by a Mammalian receptor repertoire". Science Signaling. 2 (60): ra9. doi:10.1126/scisignal.2000016. PMC   2774247 . PMID   19261596.
  7. Audouze K, Tromelin A, Le Bon AM, Belloir C, Petersen RK, Kristiansen K, et al. (2014). "Identification of odorant-receptor interactions by global mapping of the human odorome". PLOS ONE. 9 (4): e93037. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...993037A. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093037 . PMC   3973694 . PMID   24695519.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.