OR11A1

OR11A1
Identifiers
Aliases OR11A1, 6M1-18, OR11A2, dJ994E9.6, hs6M1-18, olfactory receptor family 11 subfamily A member 1
External IDs MGI: 2177479 HomoloGene: 27189 GeneCards: OR11A1
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

26531

258507

Ensembl

n/a

ENSMUSG00000064121

UniProt

Q9GZK7

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_013937

NM_146514

RefSeq (protein)

NP_039225.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 29.43 – 29.46 Mb Chr 17: 37.23 – 37.23 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 11A1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR11A1 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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