OR9A2

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Olfactory receptor, family 9, subfamily A, member 2
Identifiers
Symbol(s) OR9A2;
External IDs MGI3030295 HomoloGene64891
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Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 135924 258380
Ensembl ENSG00000179468 ENSMUSG00000068259
Uniprot Q8NGT5 n/a
Refseq NM_001001658 (mRNA)
NP_001001658 (protein)
XM_001006837 (mRNA)
XP_001006837 (protein)
Location Chr 7: 142.43 - 142.43 Mb Chr 6: 40.47 - 40.47 Mb
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Olfactory receptor, family 9, subfamily A, member 2, also known as OR9A2, 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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  • Gilad Y, Bustamante CD, Lancet D, Pääbo S (2003). "Natural selection on the olfactory receptor gene family in humans and chimpanzees.". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 73 (3): 489–501. doi:10.1086/378132. PMID 12908129. 
  • 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. 

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