OR52W1

OR52W1
Identifiers
Aliases OR52W1, OR11-71, OR52W1P, olfactory receptor family 52 subfamily W member 1
External IDs MGI: 3030526 HomoloGene: 64859 GeneCards: OR52W1
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

120787

258352

Ensembl

ENSG00000175485

ENSMUSG00000073906

UniProt

Q6IF63

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005178

NM_146355

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005178.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 6.2 – 6.2 Mb Chr 7: 105.37 – 105.37 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 52W1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR52W1 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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