OR52K1

Summary

Olfactory receptor 52K1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR52K1 gene.[2]

OR52K1
Identifiers
AliasesOR52K1, OR11-8, olfactory receptor family 52 subfamily K member 1
External IDsHomoloGene: 17506 GeneCards: OR52K1
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005171
NM_001385736

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005171

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Location (UCSC)n/an/a
PubMed search[1]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.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: OR52K1 olfactory receptor, family 52, subfamily K, member 1".

Further reading edit

  • Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. Bibcode:2004PNAS..101.2584M. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993. PMID 14983052.

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