OR5W2

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OR5W2
Identifiers
Aliases OR5W2 , OR5W2P, OR5W3P, olfactory receptor family 5 subfamily W member 2
External IDs MGI: 3030985; HomoloGene: 36999; GeneCards: OR5W2; OMA:OR5W2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001001960

NM_146638

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001001960

NP_666849

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 55.91 – 55.91 Mb Chr 2: 87.69 – 87.69 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Olfactory receptor 5W2 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the OR5W2 gene. [5]

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Function

Olfactory receptors interact with odorant molecules in the nose to initiate a neuronal response that triggers the perception of smell. The olfactory receptor proteins are members of a large family of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) arising from single coding-exon genes. Olfactory receptors share a seven-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 human genome. The nomenclature assigned to the olfactory receptor genes and proteins in humans is independent of other organisms. [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000187612 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000047039 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: OR5W2 olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily W, member 2".

Further reading

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