OR11L1

Olfactory receptor, family 11, subfamily L, member 1
Identifiers
Symbol OR11L1
External IDs MGI: 3030157 HomoloGene: 64865 GeneCards: OR11L1 Gene
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 391189 258373
Ensembl ENSG00000197591 ENSMUSG00000043880
UniProt Q8NGX0 Q5NCD0
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001001959 NM_146376
RefSeq (protein) NP_001001959 NP_666488
Location (UCSC) Chr 1:
247.84 – 247.84 Mb
Chr 11:
58.63 – 58.63 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 11L1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR11L1 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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