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Gene

OR56B2

olfactory receptor family 56 subfamily B member 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11p15.4
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 5,761,153–5,769,080 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 7.9 kb
Protein
316 amino acids
Previous symbols
OR56B2P
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000641377.2NM_001396057.1
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads OR56B2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How OR56B2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where OR56B2 sits. OR56B2 and 43 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 5,265,117 to 6,265,116.Chromosome 1111p15.4p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q255.4 Mb5.6 Mb5.8 Mb6 Mb6.2 MbHBG2: 5,253,188–5,505,605, reverse strand: 5,254,392–5,678,434, reverse strandHBE1: 5,268,345–5,505,652, reverse strandOR51B4: 5,301,014–5,301,946, reverse strandOR51B5: 5,303,444–5,505,652, reverse strandOR51B2: 5,323,359–5,324,297, reverse strandOR51B6: 5,351,508–5,352,446, forward strandOR51M1: 5,383,812–5,393,263, forward strandOR51Q1: 5,422,111–5,423,206, forward strandOR51Q1OR51I1: 5,440,570–5,441,514, reverse strandOR51I1OR51I2: 5,449,323–5,456,518, forward strandOR51I2OR52D1: 5,488,685–5,489,749, forward strandOR52D1UBQLN3: 5,507,300–5,509,958, reverse strandUBQLN3UBQLNL: 5,514,393–5,518,431, reverse strandUBQLNLOR52H1: 5,544,489–5,548,540, reverse strandOR52H1OR52B6: 5,580,877–5,581,884, forward strandOR52B6TRIM6: 5,596,109–5,612,958, forward strandTRIM6TRIM6-TRIM34: 5,596,725–5,644,398, forward strandTRIM6-TRIM34TRIM34: 5,619,764–5,644,398, forward strandTRIM34TRIM5: 5,663,195–5,938,619, reverse strandTRIM22: 5,689,610–5,737,089, forward strandTRIM22OR52P1: 5,726,502–5,727,464, forward strandOR52P1OR56B1: 5,736,448–5,738,523, forward strandOR52N4: 5,754,243–5,755,958, forward strandOR52N4OR56B2: 5,761,153–5,769,080, forward strandOR56B2OR52N5: 5,776,165–5,783,355, reverse strandOR52N5OR52N1: 5,786,471–5,791,265, reverse strandOR52N1OR52N2: 5,808,911–5,821,492, forward strandOR52E6: 5,840,928–5,841,952, reverse strandOR52E6OR52E8: 5,856,749–5,857,690, reverse strandOR52E8OR52E4: 5,880,629–5,887,079, forward strandOR52E4OR52E5: 5,893,208–5,902,730, forward strandOR56A3: 5,938,751–5,951,347, forward strandOR56A3OR56A5: 5,967,553–5,968,494, reverse strandOR56A5OR52L1: 5,985,892–5,986,985, reverse strandOR52L1OR56A4: 5,999,445–6,006,946, reverse strandOR56A4OR56A1: 6,019,336–6,034,338, reverse strandOR56A1OR56B4: 6,107,684–6,108,835, forward strandOR56B4OR52B2: 6,169,355–6,170,326, reverse strandOR52B2OR52W1: 6,199,224–6,200,186, forward strandOR52W1C11orf42: 6,205,557–6,211,135, forward strandC11orf42FHIP1B: 6,211,334–6,234,711, reverse strandFHIP1BCNGA4: 6,234,765–6,245,922, forward strandCNGA4CCKBR: 6,259,698–6,272,127, forward strandCCKBRDiagram of OR56B2: 2 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 11Exon 1: 5,761,153–5,761,239, 87 basesExon 2: 5,765,100–5,769,080, 3,981 bases125′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 4.1 kb of the gene's 7.9 kb; 951 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). OR56B2 gene: olfactory receptor family 56 subfamily B member 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/or56b2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. OR56B2 gene: olfactory receptor family 56 subfamily B member 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/or56b2

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