OR52B6

Olfactory receptor, family 52, subfamily B, member 6
Identifiers
Symbols OR52B6 ; OR11-47
External IDs MGI: 3030452 HomoloGene: 72966 GeneCards: OR52B6 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 340980 259049
Ensembl ENSG00000187747 ENSMUSG00000073945
UniProt Q8NGF0 E9PV94
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005162 NM_147047
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005162 NP_667258
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
5.58 – 5.58 Mb
Chr 7:
103.6 – 103.6 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 52B6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR52B6 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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