OR2A2
Identifiers
AliasesOR2A2, OR2A17P, OR2A2P, OR7-11, OST008, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily A member 2
External IDsHomoloGene: 133887 GeneCards: OR2A2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

442361

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Ensembl

ENSG00000221989
ENSG00000285071

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UniProt

Q6IF42

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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005480

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005480

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Location (UCSC)Chr 7: 144.11 – 144.11 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2]n/a
Wikidata
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Olfactory receptor 2A2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2A2 gene.[3]

Olfactory receptors interact with odorant molecules in the nose, to initiate a neuronal response that triggers the perception of a smell. The olfactory receptor proteins are members of a large family of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) arising from single coding-exon genes. Olfactory receptors share a 7-transmembrane domain structure with many neurotransmitter and hormone receptors and are responsible for the recognition and G protein-mediated transduction of odorant signals. The olfactory receptor gene family is the largest in the genome. The nomenclature assigned to the olfactory receptor genes and proteins for this organism is independent of other organisms.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 ENSG00000285071 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000221989, ENSG00000285071 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: OR2A2 olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily A, member 2".

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