OR6K2

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Olfactory receptor, family 6, subfamily K, member 2
Identifiers
SymbolsOR6K2; OR1-17
External IDsMGI3030254 HomoloGene17185 GeneCards: OR6K2 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez81448258302
EnsemblENSG00000196171ENSMUSG00000055033
UniProtQ8NGY2n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001005279NM_146305
RefSeq (protein)NP_001005279NP_666417
Location (UCSC)Chr 1:
156.94 - 156.94 Mb
Chr 1:
176 - 176 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]

Olfactory receptor 6K2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR6K2 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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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: OR6K2 olfactory receptor, family 6, subfamily K, member 2".