OR1K1

Olfactory receptor, family 1, subfamily K, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols OR1K1 ; hg99
External IDs HomoloGene: 124591 GeneCards: OR1K1 Gene
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Species Human Mouse
Entrez 392392 n/a
Ensembl ENSG00000165204 n/a
UniProt Q8NGR3 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_080859 n/a
RefSeq (protein) NP_543135 n/a
Location (UCSC) Chr 9:
122.8 – 122.8 Mb
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PubMed search n/a

Olfactory receptor 1K1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR1K1 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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