OR6X1

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Olfactory receptor, family 6, subfamily X, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols	OR6X1; OR11-270
External IDs	MGI: 3030820 HomoloGene: 17316 GeneCards: OR6X1 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
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	390260	258608
Ensembl	ENSG00000196099	ENSMUSG00000051095
UniProt	Q8NH79	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001005188	XM_989346
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001005188	XP_994440
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 123.13 - 123.13 Mb	Chr 9: 39.94 - 39.94 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

Olfactory receptor 6X1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR6X1 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

• Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993 Freely accessible. PMID 14983052. CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• MeSH OR6X1+protein,+human

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