OR5W2

Olfactory receptor 5W2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5W2 gene.[4]

OR5W2
Identifiers
Aliases	OR5W2, OR5W2P, OR5W3P, olfactory receptor family 5 subfamily W member 2
External IDs	MGI: 3030985 HomoloGene: 36999 GeneCards: OR5W2
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11q12.1 Start 55,913,650 bp[1] End 55,914,582 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • odorant binding • olfactory receptor activity • signal transducer activity Cellular component • integral component of membrane • cell membrane • membrane Biological process • sensory perception of smell • signal transduction • response to stimulus • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	390148	258631
Ensembl	ENSG00000187612	n/a
UniProt	Q8NH69	Q8VFQ8
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001001960	NM_146638
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001001960	NP_666849
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 55.91 – 55.91 Mb	n/a
PubMed search	[2]	[3]
Wikidata
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Function

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.[4]

See also

• Olfactory receptor

References

1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000187612 - Ensembl, May 2017
2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
4. "Entrez Gene: OR5W2 olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily W, member 2".

Further reading

• Fuchs T, Malecova B, Linhart C, Sharan R, Khen M, Herwig R, Shmulevich D, Elkon R, Steinfath M, O'Brien JK, Radelof U, Lehrach H, Lancet D, Shamir R (September 2002). "DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes". Genomics. 80 (3): 295–302. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6830. PMID 12213199.
• Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (February 2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 101 (8): 2584–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993. PMID 14983052.

External links

• OR5W2+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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