OR5AU1

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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Description

Olfactory receptor family 5 subfamily AU member 1

Tissue specificity

Not detected

Predicted location

Membrane

Protein family

G-protein coupled receptors
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted membrane proteins

Chromosome

14 (21148370 - 21159060)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000169327  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Olfr221: ENSMUSG00000044286

UniProt

Q8NGC0

neXtProt

NX_Q8NGC0

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure