Species Human Entrez 79345 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000279012 | |
Aliases OR51B2, HOR5'Beta3, OR51B1P, olfactory receptor family 51 subfamily B member 2 (gene/pseudogene) External IDs MGI: 1341900 HomoloGene: 56593 GeneCards: OR51B2 | ||
Olfactory receptor 51B2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR51B2 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.