OR5W2

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Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily W, member 2
Identifiers
Symbol(s) OR5W2; OR5W2P; OR5W3P
External IDs MGI3030965 HomoloGene36999
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Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 390148 258652
Ensembl ENSG00000187612 ENSMUSG00000068819
Uniprot Q8NH69 n/a
Refseq NM_001001960 (mRNA)
NP_001001960 (protein)
NM_146658 (mRNA)
NP_666869 (protein)
Location Chr 11: 55.44 - 55.44 Mb Chr 2: 87.43 - 87.43 Mb
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Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily W, member 2, also known as OR5W2, 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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  • Fuchs T, Malecova B, Linhart C, et al. (2003). "DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes.". Genomics 80 (3): 295–302. PMID 12213199. 
  • 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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