OR2F2

OR2F2
Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily F, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR2F2; OR7-1
External IDs MGI3030286 HomoloGene69123 GeneCards: OR2F2 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 135948 258207
Ensembl ENSG00000221910 ENSMUSG00000057108
UniProt O95006 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004685 NM_001011869.1
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004685 NP_001011869.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 7:
143.63 – 143.63 Mb
Chr 6:
42.74 – 42.74 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Olfactory receptor 2F2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2F2 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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