olfactory receptor 52B4; olfactory receptor OR11-3 (OR52B4)

Function

odorant receptor (putative)

Structure

belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family

Compartment

cell membrane

Polymorphism

• stop codon at position Ala-40 in the OR52B4 gene is more frequent in non-Africans than in African-Americans

More general terms

• olfactory receptor, family 52
• glycoprotein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=81271
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:1434
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8NGK2.html