Database of mammalian genes
Home

Home Search Browse Statistics User guide FAQs Links Questions Contribute Download


Gene Protein Transcript Promoter Expression GO/PPI PubMed Cross reference

Gene information for OR5B17 (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID219965
Official gene symbolOR5B17
Full nameolfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily B, member 17
Aliases,OR11-237,OR5B20P,
Gene summaryOlfactory 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]
LocationChromosome: 11   Locus: 11q12.1
Gene position58126542 - 58125598  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size945 bp
Gene sequence