OR2A2

Olfactory receptor 2A2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2A2 gene.[3]

OR2A2
Identifiers
Aliases	OR2A2, OR2A17P, OR2A2P, OR7-11, OST008, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily A member 2
External IDs	HomoloGene: 133887 GeneCards: OR2A2
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 7 (human)[1] Band 7q35 Start 144,109,583 bp[1] End 144,110,539 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in Achilles tendon ganglionic eminence renal cortex n/a More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function signal transducer activity olfactory receptor activity G protein-coupled receptor activity Cellular component plasma membrane membrane integral component of membrane Biological process sensory perception of smell signal transduction response to stimulus detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 442361 n/a Ensembl ENSG00000221989 ENSG00000285071 n/a UniProt Q6IF42 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005480 n/a RefSeq (protein) NP_001005480 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 144.11 – 144.11 Mb n/a PubMed search [2] n/a
Wikidata
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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.[3]