OR5J2

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Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily J, member 2
Identifiers
Symbol(s) OR5J2; OR11-266
External IDs MGI3030886 HomoloGene79679
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Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 282775 259012
Ensembl ENSG00000174957 ENSMUSG00000047149
Uniprot Q8NH18 A0PK46
Refseq NM_001005492 (mRNA)
NP_001005492 (protein)
NM_147010 (mRNA)
NP_667221 (protein)
Location Chr 11: 55.7 - 55.7 Mb Chr 2: 86.1 - 86.1 Mb
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Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily J, member 2, also known as OR5J2, is a human 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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  • Parmentier M, Libert F, Schurmans S, et al. (1992). "Expression of members of the putative olfactory receptor gene family in mammalian germ cells.". Nature 355 (6359): 453–5. doi:10.1038/355453a0. PMID 1370859. 
  • Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. PMID 14983052. 

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