OR2A2

OR2A2
Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily A, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR2A2; OR2A17P; OR2A2P; OR7-11; OST008
External IDs MGI3030275 HomoloGene88438 GeneCards: OR2A2 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 442361 258648
Ensembl ENSG00000221989 ENSMUSG00000073108
UniProt Q6IF42 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005480 NM_146654.1
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005480 NP_666865.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 7:
143.81 – 143.81 Mb
Chr 6:
43.1 – 43.1 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Olfactory receptor 2A2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2A2 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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