OR12D2

OR12D2
Olfactory receptor, family 12, subfamily D, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR12D2; DJ994E9.8; HS6M1-20; MGC126791; MGC126795
External IDs MGI2177484 HomoloGene110639 GeneCards: OR12D2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
PBB GE OR12D2 221344 at tn.png
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 26529 258831
Ensembl ENSG00000168787 ENSMUSG00000092077
UniProt P58182 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_013936 NM_146834.1
RefSeq (protein) NP_039224 NP_667045.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 6:
29.36 – 29.37 Mb
Chr 17:
37.44 – 37.44 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Olfactory receptor, family 12, subfamily D, member 2, also known as OR12D2, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the OR12D2 gene.[1]

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Function

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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