OR5K2

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Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily K, member 2
Identifiers
SymbolsOR5K2; OR3-9
External IDsMGI3030008 HomoloGene17461 GeneCards: OR5K2 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez402135259004
EnsemblENSG00000181828ENSMUSG00000060663
UniProtQ8NHB8n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001004737NM_147002
RefSeq (protein)NP_001004737NP_667213
Location (UCSC)Chr 3:
99.7 - 99.7 Mb
Chr 16:
58.77 - 58.77 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]

Olfactory receptor 5K2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5K2 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: OR5K2 olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily K, member 2".