OR6B3

OR6B3
Identifiers
Aliases OR6B3, OR6B3P, OR6B3Q, olfactory receptor family 6 subfamily B member 3
External IDs MGI: 3031248 HomoloGene: 88368 GeneCards: OR6B3
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

150681

259041

Ensembl

ENSG00000178586

ENSMUSG00000042849

UniProt

Q8NGW1

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_173351

NM_147039

RefSeq (protein)

NP_775486.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 2: 240.05 – 240.05 Mb Chr 1: 92.51 – 92.52 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 6B3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR6B3 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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