OR6B2

Olfactory receptor 6B2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR6B2 gene.[5]

OR6B2
Identifiers
AliasesOR6B2, OR2-1, OR6B2P, olfactory receptor family 6 subfamily B member 2
External IDsMGI: 3031250 HomoloGene: 17472 GeneCards: OR6B2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

389090

259040

Ensembl

ENSG00000182083

ENSMUSG00000067064

UniProt

Q6IFH4

Q8VGU4

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005853
NM_001001962

NM_147038

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005853

NP_667249

Location (UCSC)Chr 2: 240.03 – 240.03 MbChr 1: 92.4 – 92.41 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Function

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.[5]

See also

References
  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000182083 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000067064 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: OR6B2 olfactory receptor, family 6, subfamily B, member 2".

Further reading

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