OR2G6

Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily G, member 6
Identifiers
Symbols	OR2G6;
External IDs	MGI: 3031202 HomoloGene: 105344 GeneCards: OR2G6 Gene
Gene Ontology Molecular function • receptor activity • olfactory receptor activity Cellular component • plasma membrane • integral to membrane Biological process • sensory perception of smell • response to stimulus Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	391211	258527
Ensembl	ENSG00000188558	ENSMUSG00000045474
UniProt	Q5TZ20	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001013355	NM_146534
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001013373	NP_666745
Location (UCSC)	Chr 1: 248.68 – 248.69 Mb	Chr 13: 21.15 – 21.15 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

Olfactory receptor 2G6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2G6 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]

See also

• Olfactory receptor

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Entrez Gene: OR2G6 olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily G, member 6". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=391211. 

Further reading

• Gregory SG, Barlow KF, McLay KE, et al. (2006). "The DNA sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1.". Nature 441 (7091): 315–21. doi:10.1038/nature04727. PMID 16710414. 

External links

• MeSH OR2G6+protein,+human

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.