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.

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Within Vinony's link graph, OR51B2 is referenced by 338 other articles, and connects out to Q180686, Ensembl genome database project and fish.

It is catalogued under topics including Genes on human chromosome 11, Olfactory receptors and Pseudogenes.

Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.

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].