olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily V member 1
OST265
olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily V, member 1
OR2V1P
olfactory receptor 2V1
olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily V, member 1 pseudogene
Olfactory receptor 2V1
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]