OR51I2

Olfactory receptor, family 51, subfamily I, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR51I2 ; OR11-38
External IDs MGI: 3030475 HomoloGene: 17489 GeneCards: OR51I2 Gene
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Species Human Mouse
Entrez 390064 259075
Ensembl ENSG00000187918 ENSMUSG00000073932
UniProt Q9H344 Q8VGX6
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004754 NM_147072
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004754 NP_667283
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
5.45 – 5.45 Mb
Chr 7:
104.04 – 104.04 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 51I2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR51I2 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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