OR7C2

Olfactory receptor, family 7, subfamily C, member 2
Identifiers
SymbolsOR7C2 ; CIT-HSP-87M17; OR19-18; OR7C3
External IDsMGI: 3031190 HomoloGene: 71958 GeneCards: OR7C2 Gene
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SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez26658258305
EnsemblENSG00000127529ENSMUSG00000051190
UniProtO60412Q7TQU8
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_012377NM_146308
RefSeq (protein)NP_036509NP_666420
Location (UCSC)Chr 19:
15.05 – 15.05 Mb
Chr 10:
78.85 – 78.85 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 7C2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR7C2 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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