We present here a comparative sequence analysis of human olfactory receptors idenfitied independently by four separate laboratories involved in chemosensory receptor research. Olfactory Receptor Database, a repository of olfactory receptors sponsored by the NIDCD, has been assigned the task of analyzing these sequences and developing a consensus nomenclature that will assist in unifying the work of these groups. We have identified matching sequences using pattern-matching algorithms. Full length matches have been validated from the sources of sequences. Every sequence has been entered into ORDB
The consensus nomenclature serves primarily to map the different nomenclatures used by laboratories that have identified human ORs. This also serves as an information resource to chemosensory receptor researchers. In order to be assigned a consensus name (explained below), a sequence should be independently identified as functional by at least two sources
| Background | For sequences identified as pseudogenes |
| Background | For partially matched sequences |
| Background | For partially matched sequences identified as pseudogenes |
| UNKNOWN | For sequences of indeterminate chromosomal location |
| X | For sequences matching more than one sequence from a different source |
| Alternate Chromosome # | For sequences of disupted chromosomal location |
| For sequences of disupted functionality (pseudogenic versus non-pseudogenic) |
The mouse orthologs are as identified by Barbara Trask Laboratory at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center