OR6S1

Olfactory receptor, family 6, subfamily S, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols OR6S1 ; OR14-37; OR6S1Q
External IDs MGI: 3030584 HomoloGene: 19719 GeneCards: OR6S1 Gene
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Species Human Mouse
Entrez 341799 404319
Ensembl ENSG00000181803 ENSMUSG00000035932
UniProt Q8NH40 E9Q0Z1
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001001968 NM_207558
RefSeq (protein) NP_001001968 NP_997441
Location (UCSC) Chr 14:
20.64 – 20.64 Mb
Chr 14:
51.07 – 51.07 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 6S1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR6S1 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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