OR5AS1

Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily AS, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols OR5AS1 ; OR11-168
External IDs MGI: 3030945 HomoloGene: 74238 GeneCards: OR5AS1 Gene
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 219447 258586
Ensembl ENSG00000181785 ENSMUSG00000075158
UniProt Q8N127 Q7TR55
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001001921 NM_146593
RefSeq (protein) NP_001001921 NP_666804
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
56.03 – 56.03 Mb
Chr 2:
87.15 – 87.15 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 5AS1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5AS1 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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