OR2A12

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OR2A12
Identifiers
Aliases OR2A12 , OR2A12P, OR2A16P, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily A member 12
External IDs MGI: 3030280; HomoloGene: 17179; GeneCards: OR2A12; OMA:OR2A12 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001004135

NM_146295

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001004135

NP_666407

Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 144.09 – 144.1 Mb Chr 6: 42.9 – 42.91 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Olfactory receptor 2A12 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2A12 gene. [5]

Contents

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. [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 ENSG00000284949 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000221858, ENSG00000284949 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000073111 Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: OR2A12 olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily A, member 12".

Further reading

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