OR2B11

Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily B, member 11
Identifiers
Symbol OR2B11
External IDs MGI: 3030056 HomoloGene: 71979 GeneCards: OR2B11 Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 127623 257962
Ensembl ENSG00000177535 ENSMUSG00000059610
UniProt Q5JQS5 Q7TS30
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004492 NM_001011789
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004492 NP_001011789
Location (UCSC) Chr 1:
247.45 – 247.45 Mb
Chr 11:
59.57 – 59.57 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 2B11 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2B11 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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Further reading

  • Gregory SG, Barlow KF, McLay KE, et al. (2006). "The DNA sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1.". Nature 441 (7091): 315–21. doi:10.1038/nature04727. PMID 16710414. 

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