OR5AT1

Olfactory receptor, family 14, subfamily A, member 16
Identifiers
Symbols OR14A16 ; OR5AT1
External IDs MGI: 3030139 HomoloGene: 128064 GeneCards: OR14A16 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 284532 258609
Ensembl ENSG00000196772 ENSMUSG00000055571
UniProt Q8NHC5 Q7TS02
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001001966 NM_146616.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_001001966 NP_666827.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 1:
247.81 – 247.82 Mb
Chr 7:
93.51 – 93.51 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 14A16 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR14A16 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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