OR10W1

Olfactory receptor, family 10, subfamily W, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols OR10W1 ; OR10W1P; OR10W1Q; OR11-236; UNQ6469
External IDs MGI: 3031324 HomoloGene: 79418 GeneCards: OR10W1 Gene
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Species Human Mouse
Entrez 81341 258098
Ensembl ENSG00000172772 ENSMUSG00000061387
UniProt Q8NGF6 Q7TQQ5
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_207374 NM_001011832
RefSeq (protein) NP_997257 NP_001011832
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
58.27 – 58.27 Mb
Chr 19:
13.65 – 13.66 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 10W1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR10W1 gene.[1]

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.[1]

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