OR51B2

Also known as HOR5'Beta3, OR51B1P, olfactory receptor family 51 subfamily B member 2 (gene/pseudogene), olfactory receptor family 51 subfamily B member 2

Olfactory receptor 51B2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR51B2 gene.

Gene data

OR51B2

Name: olfactory receptor family 51 subfamily B member 2
Type: protein-coding
Position: 5,323,359–5,324,297 (−)
Aliases: HOR5'Beta3, OR51B1P
Ensembl: ENSG00000279012
RefSeq RNA: NM_033180.5
RefSeq protein: NP_149420.4

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. This olfactory receptor gene is a segregating pseudogene, where some individuals have an allele that encodes a functional olfactory receptor, while other individuals have an allele encoding a protein that is predicted to be non-functional. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2015].