OR5T2

Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily T, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR5T2 ; OR11-177
External IDs MGI: 3030936 HomoloGene: 73975 GeneCards: OR5T2 Gene
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Species Human Mouse
Entrez 219464 258585
Ensembl ENSG00000181718 ENSMUSG00000075175
UniProt Q8NGG2 Q8VFL9
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004746 NM_146592
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004746 NP_666803
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
56.23 – 56.23 Mb
Chr 2:
86.68 – 86.68 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 5T2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5T2 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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