Biology:OR51Q1

Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Generic protein structure example

Olfactory receptor 51Q1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR51Q1 gene.

Function

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

• "Human chromosome 11 DNA sequence and analysis including novel gene identification". Nature 440 (7083): 497–500. 2006. doi:10.1038/nature04632. PMID 16554811. Bibcode: 2006Natur.440..497T. 

External links

• OR51Q1+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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