OR2M2

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Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily M, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols	OR2M2; OR2M2Q; OST423
External IDs	MGI: 3029998 HomoloGene: 64877 GeneCards: OR2M2 Gene
Gene Ontology Molecular function • receptor activity • olfactory receptor activity Cellular component • membrane • integral to membrane Biological process • signal transduction • G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway • sensory perception of smell • response to stimulus Sources: Amigo / EGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	391194	258443
Ensembl	ENSG00000198601	ENSMUSG00000050742
UniProt	Q96R28	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001004688	NM_146451
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001004688	NP_666662
Location (UCSC)	Chr 1: 246.41 - 246.41 Mb	Chr 16: 19.2 - 19.2 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

Olfactory receptor 2M2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2M2 gene.

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.

See also

• Olfactory receptor

Further reading

• Gregory SG, Barlow KF, McLay KE; et al. (2006). "The DNA sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1". Nature. 441 (7091): 315–21. doi:10.1038/nature04727. PMID 16710414. CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• MeSH OR2M2+protein,+human

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.