OR6A2

OR6A2
Olfactory receptor, family 6, subfamily A, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR6A2; I7; MGC126538; MGC126540; OR11-55; OR6A1; OR6A2P
External IDs OMIM608495 MGI97432 HomoloGene2743 GeneCards: OR6A2 Gene
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 8590 18317
Ensembl ENSG00000184933 ENSMUSG00000070417
UniProt O95222 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_003696 NM_010983.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_003687 NP_035113.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
6.82 – 6.82 Mb
Chr 7:
114.14 – 114.15 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Olfactory receptor 6A2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR6A2 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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