OR5AK2

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Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily AK, member 2
Identifiers
SymbolsOR5AK2;
External IDsMGI3030827 HomoloGene79352 GeneCards: OR5AK2 Gene
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez390181258427
EnsemblENSG00000181273ENSMUSG00000075220
UniProtQ8NH90n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001005323NM_146435
RefSeq (protein)NP_001005323NP_666646
Location (UCSC)Chr 11:
56.51 - 56.51 Mb
Chr 2:
85.21 - 85.22 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]

Olfactory receptor 5AK2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5AK2 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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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: OR5AK2 olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily AK, member 2".