OR5H2

Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily H, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR5H2 ; OR3-10
External IDs MGI: 3030020 HomoloGene: 74113 GeneCards: OR5H2 Gene
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 79310 258775
Ensembl ENSG00000197938 ENSMUSG00000096695
UniProt Q8NGV7 Q8VEX5
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005482 NM_146779
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005482 NP_666990
Location (UCSC) Chr 3:
98.28 – 98.28 Mb
Chr 16:
59.17 – 59.17 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 5H2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5H2 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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