OR10K2

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Olfactory receptor, family 10, subfamily K, member 2
Identifiers
Symbol(s) OR10K2; OR1-4
External IDs MGI3030204 HomoloGene74037
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Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 391107 258267
Ensembl ENSG00000180708 ENSMUSG00000047286
Uniprot Q6IF99 n/a
Refseq NM_001004476 (mRNA)
NP_001004476 (protein)
NM_146270 (mRNA)
NP_666382 (protein)
Location Chr 1: 156.66 - 156.66 Mb Chr 8: 86.43 - 86.43 Mb
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Olfactory receptor, family 10, subfamily K, member 2, also known as OR10K2, is a human 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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  • Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584-9. PMID 14983052. 
  • 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. 

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