OR2A1

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Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily A, member 1
Identifiers
SymbolsOR2A1;
External IDsMGI3030268 HomoloGene74213 GeneCards: OR2A1 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez346528258366
Ensembln/aENSMUSG00000059411
UniProtn/an/a
RefSeq (mRNA)XM_001123394NM_146369
RefSeq (protein)XP_001123394NP_666481
Location (UCSC)n/aChr 6:
43.15 - 43.15 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]

Olfactory receptor 2A1/2A42 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2A1 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: OR2A1 olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily A, member 1".