OR51Q1

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Olfactory receptor, family 51, subfamily Q, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols	OR51Q1;
External IDs	MGI: 3030469 HomoloGene: 17514 GeneCards: OR51Q1 Gene
Gene Ontology Molecular function • receptor activity • olfactory receptor activity Cellular component • membrane • integral to membrane Biological process • signal transduction • G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway • sensory perception of smell • response to stimulus Sources: Amigo / EGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	390061	259122
Ensembl	ENSG00000167360	ENSMUSG00000073934
UniProt	Q8NH59	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001004757	NM_147118
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001004757	NP_667329
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 5.4 - 5.4 Mb	Chr 7: 103.85 - 103.85 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

Olfactory receptor 51Q1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR51Q1 gene.

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.

See also

• Olfactory receptor

Further reading

• Taylor TD, Noguchi H, Totoki Y; et al. (2006). "Human chromosome 11 DNA sequence and analysis including novel gene identification". Nature. 440 (7083): 497–500. doi:10.1038/nature04632. PMID 16554811. CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• MeSH OR51Q1+protein,+human

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.