OR52W1

Olfactory receptor, family 52, subfamily W, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols OR52W1 ; OR11-71; OR52W1P
External IDs MGI: 3030526 HomoloGene: 64859 GeneCards: OR52W1 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 120787 258352
Ensembl ENSG00000175485 ENSMUSG00000073906
UniProt Q6IF63 Q7TRN5
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005178 NM_146355
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005178 NP_666467
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
6.2 – 6.2 Mb
Chr 7:
105.37 – 105.37 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 52W1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR52W1 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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