OR10A6

Olfactory receptor, family 10, subfamily A, member 6 (gene/pseudogene)
Identifiers
Symbols OR10A6 ; OR11-96
External IDs MGI: 3030350 HomoloGene: 17186 GeneCards: OR10A6 Gene
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Species Human Mouse
Entrez 390093 277935
Ensembl ENSG00000175393 ENSMUSG00000066239
UniProt Q8NH74 Q1RMY3
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004461 NM_207160
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004461 NP_997043
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
7.93 – 7.93 Mb
Chr 7:
108.89 – 108.89 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 10A6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR10A6 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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