OR2B6

OR2B6
Identifiers
Aliases	OR2B6, OR2B1, OR2B1P, OR2B5, OR2B6P, OR5-40, OR5-41, OR6-31, dJ408B20.2, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily B member 6
External IDs	MGI: 104715; HomoloGene: 40838; GeneCards: OR2B6; OMA:OR2B6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 6 (human) Band 6p22.1 Start 27,957,241 bp End 27,958,182 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 13 (mouse) Band 13 A3.1|13 7.9 cM Start 21,820,793 bp End 21,826,688 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in mucosa of transverse colon monocyte gonad blood granulocyte right lobe of liver placenta spleen Ventricular system of neuraxis embryo Top expressed in white adipose tissue More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function G protein-coupled receptor activity olfactory receptor activity signal transducer activity Cellular component integral component of membrane plasma 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 26212 218066 Ensembl ENSG00000124657 ENSMUSG00000036658 UniProt P58173 Q60890 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_012367 NM_146542 RefSeq (protein) NP_036499 NP_666753 Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 27.96 – 27.96 Mb Chr 13: 21.82 – 21.83 Mb PubMed search
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Olfactory receptor 2B6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2B6 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

• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9916899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Mungall AJ, Palmer SA, Sims SK, et al. (2003). "The DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 6". Nature. 425 (6960): 805–11. Bibcode:2003Natur.425..805M. doi:10.1038/nature02055. PMID 14574404.
• Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. Bibcode:2004PNAS..101.2584M. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993. PMID 14983052.
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.

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