Olfactory receptor family 6 subfamily C member 72 pseudogene (OR6C72P)

This gene represents a pseudogene of the human olfactory receptor family 6 subfamily C, member 72. Pseudogenes are DNA sequences similar to normal genes but typically nonfunctional due to mutations such as premature stop codons or frameshifts, and do not encode functional proteins. Olfactory receptor pseudogenes like OR6C72P correspond to genes once encoding odorant receptors but are now considered non-functional. There are no known molecular functions, biological pathways, disease associations, or drug interactions for this pseudogene. It is not considered a therapeutic or functional target in humans, although some olfactory receptor pseudogenes in other species may show rare exceptions for functionality due to translational read-through, this has not been documented for human OR6C72P[1][3][4][5].

Other names

OR6C72P