OR2A14

OR2A14
Identifiers
Aliases OR2A14, OR2A14P, OR2A6, OST182, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily A member 14
External IDs MGI: 3030278 HomoloGene: 88438 GeneCards: OR2A14
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

135941

258650

Ensembl

ENSG00000221938

ENSMUSG00000073110

UniProt

Q96R47

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001001659

NM_146656

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001001659.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 144.11 – 144.13 Mb Chr 6: 42.96 – 42.96 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 2A14 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2A14 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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