olfactory receptor 6Q1; olfactory receptor OR11-226 (OR6Q1)

Function

odorant receptor (putative)

Structure

belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family

Compartment

cell membrane

Polymorphism

• single nucleotide deletion at position Leu-229 in the OR6Q1 gene is more frequent in African-Americans than in non-Africans

More general terms

• olfactory receptor, family 6
• glycoprotein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=81178
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8NGQ2.html