OR51B6

OR51B6
Identifiers
Aliases OR51B6, HOR5'Beta6, olfactory receptor family 51 subfamily B member 6
External IDs MGI: 1341910 HomoloGene: 66459 GeneCards: OR51B6
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

390058

18365

Ensembl

ENSG00000176239

ENSMUSG00000101488

UniProt

Q9H340

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001004750

NM_013616

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001004750.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 5.35 – 5.35 Mb Chr 7: 103.91 – 103.91 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 51B6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR51B6 gene.[3]

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.[3]

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