OR5W2
Identifiers
AliasesOR5W2, OR5W2P, OR5W3P, olfactory receptor family 5 subfamily W member 2
External IDsMGI: 3030985 HomoloGene: 36999 GeneCards: OR5W2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

390148

258631

Ensembl

ENSG00000187612

ENSMUSG00000047039

UniProt

Q8NH69

Q8VFQ8

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001001960

NM_146638

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001001960

NP_666849

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 55.91 – 55.91 MbChr 2: 87.69 – 87.69 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Olfactory receptor 5W2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5W2 gene.[5]

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. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000187612 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000047039 - 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. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: OR5W2 olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily W, member 2".

Further reading

External links

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.


G protein-coupled receptors: olfactory receptors
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