OR6X1

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Olfactory receptor, family 6, subfamily X, member 1
Identifiers
Symbol(s) OR6X1; OR11-270
External IDs MGI3030820 HomoloGene17316
RNA expression pattern

More reference expression data

Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 390260 258608
Ensembl ENSG00000196099 ENSMUSG00000051095
Uniprot Q8NH79 n/a
Refseq NM_001005188 (mRNA)
NP_001005188 (protein)
XM_989346 (mRNA)
XP_994440 (protein)
Location Chr 11: 123.13 - 123.13 Mb Chr 9: 39.94 - 39.94 Mb
Pubmed search [1] [2]

Olfactory receptor, family 6, subfamily X, member 1, also known as OR6X1, 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]

Contents

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

  • 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. 

[edit] External links

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