OR5W2

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Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily W, member 2
Identifiers
SymbolsOR5W2; OR5W2P; OR5W3P
External IDsMGI3030965 HomoloGene36999 GeneCards: OR5W2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez390148258652
EnsemblENSG00000187612ENSMUSG00000068819
UniProtQ8NH69n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001001960NM_146658
RefSeq (protein)NP_001001960NP_666869
Location (UCSC)Chr 11:
55.44 - 55.44 Mb
Chr 2:
87.43 - 87.43 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]

Olfactory receptor 5W2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5W2 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: OR5W2 olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily W, member 2".