OR11H6

Olfactory receptor, family 11, subfamily H, member 6
Identifiers
Symbol OR11H6
External IDs MGI: 3030579 HomoloGene: 27116 GeneCards: OR11H6 Gene
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 122748 258296
Ensembl ENSG00000176219 ENSMUSG00000050028
UniProt Q8NGC7 Q7TRL9
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004480 NM_146299
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004480 NP_666411
Location (UCSC) Chr 14:
20.22 – 20.22 Mb
Chr 14:
50.64 – 50.64 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 11H6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR11H6 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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