OR5AC2

Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily AC, member 2
Identifiers
SymbolsOR5AC2 ; HSA1
External IDsMGI: 3030032 HomoloGene: 51800 GeneCards: OR5AC2 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez81050258036
EnsemblENSG00000196578ENSMUSG00000052537
UniProtQ9NZP5Q7TS40
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_054106NM_001011808
RefSeq (protein)NP_473447NP_001011808
Location (UCSC)Chr 3:
97.81 – 97.81 Mb
Chr 16:
59.2 – 59.2 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 5AC2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5AC2 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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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.