OR6M1

Olfactory receptor, family 6, subfamily M, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols	OR6M1 ; OR11-271
External IDs	HomoloGene: 107073 GeneCards: OR6M1 Gene
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • olfactory receptor activity Cellular component • plasma membrane • integral component of membrane Biological process • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	390261	n/a
Ensembl	ENSG00000196099	n/a
UniProt	Q8NGM8	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001005325	n/a
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001005325	n/a
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 123.81 – 123.81 Mb	n/a
PubMed search	[1]	n/a

Olfactory receptor 6M1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR6M1 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.

See also

• Olfactory receptor

Further reading

• Fuchs T, Malecova B, Linhart C et al. (2003). "DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes.". Genomics 80 (3): 295–302. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6830. PMID 12213199. 
• Gilad Y, Bustamante CD, Lancet D, Pääbo S (2003). "Natural selection on the olfactory receptor gene family in humans and chimpanzees.". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 73 (3): 489–501. doi:10.1086/378132. PMC 1180675. PMID 12908129. 
• Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993. PMID 14983052. 

External links

• OR6M1 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.