OR5AR1

Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily AR, member 1 (gene/pseudogene)
Identifiers
Symbols OR5AR1 ; OR11-209
External IDs MGI: 3030853 HomoloGene: 17464 GeneCards: OR5AR1 Gene
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Species Human Mouse
Entrez 219493 259017
Ensembl ENSG00000279911 ENSMUSG00000075208
UniProt Q8NGP9 Q8VGS3
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004730 NM_147015
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004730 NP_667226
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
56.66 – 56.66 Mb
Chr 2:
85.84 – 85.84 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 5AR1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5AR1 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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