OR56A1

Olfactory receptor 56A1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR56A1 gene.[3]

OR56A1
Identifiers
AliasesOR56A1, OR11-75, olfactory receptor family 56 subfamily A member 1
External IDsHomoloGene: 84584 GeneCards: OR56A1
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

120796

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Ensembl

ENSG00000180934

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UniProt

Q8NGH5

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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001001917
NM_001388488

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001001917

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Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 6.02 – 6.03 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2]n/a
Wikidata
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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.[3]

See also

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000180934 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. "Entrez Gene: OR56A1 olfactory receptor, family 56, subfamily A, member 1".

Further reading

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