OR5AC2

OR5AC2
Identifiers
Aliases OR5AC2, HSA1, olfactory receptor family 5 subfamily AC member 2
External IDs MGI: 3030032 HomoloGene: 51800 GeneCards: OR5AC2
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

81050

258036

Ensembl

ENSG00000196578

ENSMUSG00000052537

UniProt

Q9NZP5

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_054106

NM_001011808

RefSeq (protein)

NP_473447.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 3: 98.09 – 98.09 Mb Chr 16: 59.2 – 59.2 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 5AC2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5AC2 gene.[3]

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.[3]

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