Olfactory receptor 2W5 antibody
Principal name
Olfactory receptor 2W5 antibody
Alternative names for Olfactory receptor 2W5 antibody
OR2W5, OR2W5P
SwissProt ID
A6NFC9 (Human)
Gene ID
441932 (OR2W5)
Ncbi ID
Available reactivities
Available hosts
Available applications
Western blot / Immunoblot (WB)
Background of Olfactory receptor 2W5 antibody
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. This olfactory receptor gene has a coding sequence that is comparable in length to other olfactory receptor genes, but it should be noted that a frameshift is present in the 3' coding region that disrupts the 7-transmembrane domain structure in the protein. It is unclear if the protein can function as an olfactory receptor or if an alternate function is served. For this reason, this gene has also been interpreted to be a pseudogene.
General readings
Fuchs, T., et al. Genomics 80(3):295-302(2002)

