OR2A1

OR2A1
Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily A, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols OR2A1;
External IDs MGI3030268 HomoloGene110586 GeneCards: OR2A1 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 346528 258366
Ensembl n/a ENSMUSG00000059411
UniProt Q8NGT9 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) XM_001123394 NM_146369
RefSeq (protein) XP_001123394 NP_666481
Location (UCSC) n/a Chr 6:
43.15 – 43.15 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Olfactory receptor 2A1/2A42 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2A1 gene.[1]

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.[1]

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Class II
(tetrapod specific receptors)

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