OR2A12

OR2A12
Identifiers
Aliases OR2A12, OR2A12P, OR2A16P, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily A member 12
External IDs MGI: 3030280 HomoloGene: 17179 GeneCards: OR2A12
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

346525

258292

Ensembl

ENSG00000221858

ENSMUSG00000073111

UniProt

Q8NGT7

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001004135

NM_146295

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001004135.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 144.1 – 144.1 Mb Chr 6: 42.93 – 42.93 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 2A12 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2A12 gene.[3]

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.[3]

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