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Gene

OR5B12

olfactory receptor family 5 subfamily B member 12

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11q12.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 58,438,994–58,442,236 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 3.2 kb
Protein
314 amino acids
Also known as
OST743
Previous symbols
OR5B12P, OR5B16
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000641921.2NM_001004733.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads OR5B12 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How OR5B12 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where OR5B12 sits. OR5B12 and 19 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 57,940,615 to 58,940,614.Chromosome 1111q12.1p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2558 Mb58.2 Mb58.4 Mb58.6 Mb58.8 MbOR9Q1: 58,023,881–58,181,616, forward strandOR9Q1OR6Q1: 58,030,953–58,031,906, forward strandOR6Q1OR9I1: 58,116,742–58,125,530, reverse strandOR9I1OR9Q2: 58,189,070–58,194,053, forward strandOR9Q2OR1S2: 58,203,204–58,204,142, reverse strandOR1S2OR1S1: 58,212,720–58,216,084, forward strandOR1S1OR10Q1: 58,227,882–58,228,918, reverse strandOR10Q1OR10W1: 58,266,792–58,268,260, reverse strandOR10W1OR5B17: 58,358,124–58,359,069, reverse strandOR5B17OR5B3: 58,402,464–58,406,874, reverse strandOR5B3OR5B2: 58,421,238–58,428,121, reverse strandOR5B2OR5B12: 58,438,994–58,442,236, reverse strandOR5B12OR5B21: 58,506,807–58,508,105, reverse strandOR5B21LPXN: 58,526,871–58,578,220, reverse strandLPXNZFP91: 58,578,476–58,621,674, forward strandZFP91ZFP91-CNTF: 58,579,172–58,624,639, forward strandZFP91-CNTFCNTF: 58,622,660–58,626,826, forward strandCNTFGLYAT: 58,640,426–58,732,010, reverse strandGLYATGLYATL2: 58,834,065–58,904,215, reverse strandGLYATL2GLYATL1: 58,905,398–59,043,527, forward strandGLYATL1Diagram of OR5B12: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 11Exon 2: 58,438,994–58,440,170, 1,177 basesExon 1: 58,442,046–58,442,236, 191 bases215′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 1.4 kb of the gene's 3.2 kb; 945 of those bases code for the protein.

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.). OR5B12 gene: olfactory receptor family 5 subfamily B member 12. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/or5b12

Vancouver

Dante Labs. OR5B12 gene: olfactory receptor family 5 subfamily B member 12 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/or5b12

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