OR2V2

Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily V, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR2V2 ; OR2V3; OST713
External IDs MGI: 3031230 HomoloGene: 28537 GeneCards: OR2V2 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 285659 258334
Ensembl ENSG00000182613 ENSMUSG00000047511
UniProt Q96R30 Q7TQS8
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_206880 NM_146337
RefSeq (protein) NP_996763 NP_666449
Location (UCSC) Chr 5:
181.15 – 181.16 Mb
Chr 11:
49.11 – 49.11 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 2V2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2V2 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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