OR51B6

Olfactory receptor, family 51, subfamily B, member 6
Identifiers
Symbols	OR51B6 ; HOR5'Beta6
External IDs	MGI: 1341910 HomoloGene: 66459 GeneCards: OR51B6 Gene
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • olfactory receptor activity Cellular component • plasma membrane • integral component of membrane Biological process • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway • sensory perception of smell • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	390058	18365
Ensembl	ENSG00000176239	ENSMUSG00000101488
UniProt	Q9H340	E9PYY9
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001004750	NM_013616
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001004750	NP_038644
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 5.35 – 5.35 Mb	Chr 7: 103.91 – 103.91 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 51B6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR51B6 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]

See also

• Olfactory receptor

References

1. "Entrez Gene: OR51B6 olfactory receptor, family 51, subfamily B, member 6".

Further reading

• Bulger M, van Doorninck JH, Saitoh N, et al. (1999). "Conservation of sequence and structure flanking the mouse and human beta-globin loci: the beta-globin genes are embedded within an array of odorant receptor genes.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96 (9): 5129–34. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.9.5129. PMC 21828. PMID 10220430.
• Bulger M, Bender MA, van Doorninck JH, et al. (2001). "Comparative structural and functional analysis of the olfactory receptor genes flanking the human and mouse beta-globin gene clusters.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 (26): 14560–5. doi:10.1073/pnas.97.26.14560. PMC 18958. PMID 11121057.

External links

• OR51B6 protein, human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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