OR6Q1

Olfactory receptor, family 6, subfamily Q, member 1 (gene/pseudogene)
Identifiers
Symbols OR6Q1 ; OR11-226
External IDs HomoloGene: 88375 GeneCards: OR6Q1 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 219952 n/a
Ensembl ENSG00000172381 n/a
UniProt Q8NGQ2 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005186 n/a
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005186 n/a
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
58.03 – 58.03 Mb
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PubMed search n/a

Olfactory receptor 6Q1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR6Q1 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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