OR2H2

Olfactory receptor 2H2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2H2 gene.[4]

OR2H2
Identifiers
AliasesOR2H2, FAT11, OLFR2, OLFR42B, OR2H3, dJ271M21.2, hs6M1-12, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily H member 2
External IDsOMIM: 600578 MGI: 2177473 HomoloGene: 68546 GeneCards: OR2H2
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 6 (human)[1]
Band6p22.1Start29,585,121 bp[1]
End29,590,500 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern


More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

7932

258469

Ensembl

n/a

UniProt

O95918

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_007160

NM_146477

RefSeq (protein)

NP_009091

n/a

Location (UCSC)Chr 6: 29.59 – 29.59 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2][3]
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.[4]

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