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Table 1 OR loci in the human and mouse genomes. The number of gene biotypes (protein-coding or pseudogenised), proportion of protein-coding genes containing an uORF (upstream open reading frame) and/or uATG (upstream methionine codon), and the subtype (unprocessed, polymorphic or unitary) of the pseudogenes are shown (mouse unitary pseudogenes were not determined) Also, the number of OR loci with exons that overlap the exon(s) of an adjacent gene on the same strand. Overlapping loci represent genes that either share 5′ UTR exon(s) or are readthrough transcripts predicting a chimeric protein

From: Expert curation of the human and mouse olfactory receptor gene repertoires identifies conserved coding regions split across two exons

 

Human

Mouse

Total

874

1483

Protein-coding

389 (44.5%)

1141 (76.9%)

 uORF

212 (54.5%)

986 (86.4%)

 uATG

53 (13.6%)

245 (21.5%)

Pseudogene

485 (55.5%)

342 (23.1%)

 Unprocessed

448 (92.4%)

286 (83.6%)

 Polymorphic

19 (3.9%)

56 (16.4%)

 Unitary

18 (3.7%)

NA

Overlapping loci

29

54

Shared 5′ UTR exons

7

7

Chimeric protein

11

11