OR52B2

Olfactory receptor, family 52, subfamily B, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR52B2 ; OR11-70
External IDs MGI: 3030525 HomoloGene: 17483 GeneCards: OR52B2 Gene
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Species Human Mouse
Entrez 255725 259063
Ensembl ENSG00000255307 ENSMUSG00000043948
UniProt Q96RD2 Q3MI58
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004052 NM_147061
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004052 NP_667272
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
6.17 – 6.17 Mb
Chr 7:
105.34 – 105.34 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 52B2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR52B2 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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