OR12D2

Olfactory receptor, family 12, subfamily D, member 2 (gene/pseudogene)
Identifiers
Symbols OR12D2 ; DJ994E9.8; HS6M1-20
External IDs MGI: 2177484 HomoloGene: 133728 GeneCards: OR12D2 Gene
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 26529 258218
Ensembl ENSG00000204690 ENSMUSG00000091531
UniProt P58182 Q920Z0
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_013936 NM_001011721
RefSeq (protein) NP_039224 NP_001011721
Location (UCSC) Chr 6:
29.4 – 29.4 Mb
Chr 17:
37.31 – 37.31 Mb
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Olfactory receptor, family 12, subfamily D, member 2, also known as OR12D2, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the OR12D2 gene.[1]

Function

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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