OR5B12

Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily B, member 12
Identifiers
Symbols OR5B12 ; OR11-241; OR5B12P; OR5B16; OST743
External IDs MGI: 3031282 HomoloGene: 133606 GeneCards: OR5B12 Gene
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 390191 258694
Ensembl ENSG00000172362 ENSMUSG00000045126
UniProt Q96R08 Q8VFX1
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004733 NM_146699
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004733 NP_666910
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
58.44 – 58.44 Mb
Chr 19:
12.88 – 12.88 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 5B12 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5B12 gene.[1][2]

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.[2]

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References

  1. Fuchs T, Malecova B, Linhart C, Sharan R, Khen M, Herwig R, Shmulevich D, Elkon R, Steinfath M, O'Brien JK, Radelof U, Lehrach H, Lancet D, Shamir R (Sep 2002). "DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes". Genomics 80 (3): 295–302. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6830. PMID 12213199.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: OR5B12 olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily B, member 12".

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