OR2D2

Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily D, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR2D2 ; OR11-610; OR2D1; hg27
External IDs OMIM: 608494 MGI: 3030549 HomoloGene: 81541 GeneCards: OR2D2 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 120776 258776
Ensembl ENSG00000166368 ENSMUSG00000060503
UniProt Q9H210 Q8VG49
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_003700 NM_146780
RefSeq (protein) NP_003691 NP_666991
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
6.89 – 6.89 Mb
Chr 7:
107.13 – 107.13 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 2D2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2D2 gene.[1][2]

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.[2]

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  1. Buettner JA, Glusman G, Ben-Arie N, Ramos P, Lancet D, Evans GA (Dec 1998). "Organization and evolution of olfactory receptor genes on human chromosome 11". Genomics 53 (1): 56–68. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5422. PMID 9787077.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: OR2D2 olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily D, member 2".

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