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GeneQ18049872· pop 5· linked from 338 articles

Also known as OR1-21, olfactory receptor family 6 subfamily K member 6

Olfactory receptor 6K6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR6K6 gene.

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Vinony's link graph records 338 inbound references to OR6K6, and connects out to Q180686, Ensembl genome database project and fish.

It is catalogued under topics including Genes on human chromosome 1 and Olfactory receptors.

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Gene data

OR6K6
Name
olfactory receptor family 6 subfamily K member 6
Type
protein-coding
Position
158,754,720–158,755,891 (+)
Aliases
OR1-21
RefSeq RNA
NM_001005184.2
RefSeq protein
NP_001005184.2

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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].

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olfactory receptor family 6 subfamily K member 6

Symbol
OR6K6
Biotype
Protein coding
Organism
Homo sapiens
Location
1:158,754,720-158,755,891
Strand
Forward (+)
Assembly
GRCh38
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HomoloGene ID
17363
cytogenetic location
1q23.1
genomic end
158725681
genomic start
158724510
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Olfactory receptor 6K6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR6K6 gene.

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.

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