OR5A1

Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily A, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols OR5A1 ; OR11-249; OR5A1P; OST181
External IDs MGI: 2153205 HomoloGene: 17342 GeneCards: OR5A1 Gene
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Species Human Mouse
Entrez 219982 258677
Ensembl ENSG00000172320 ENSMUSG00000067522
UniProt Q8NGJ0 Q8VFV2
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004728 NM_146682
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004728 NP_666893
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
59.44 – 59.44 Mb
Chr 19:
12.12 – 12.12 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 5A1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5A1 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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