OR5A2
Identifiers
AliasesOR5A2, olfactory receptor family 5 subfamily A member 2
External IDsHomoloGene: 19517 GeneCards: OR5A2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

219981

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Ensembl

ENSG00000172324

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UniProt

Q8NGI9

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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001001954

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001001954

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Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 59.42 – 59.43 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2]n/a
Wikidata
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Olfactory receptor 5A2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5A2 gene.[3]

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. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000172324 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: OR5A2 olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily A, member 2".

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