OR2AP1

OR2AP1
Identifiers
Aliases OR2AP1, OR2AP1P, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily AP member 1
External IDs MGI: 3030601 HomoloGene: 105186 GeneCards: OR2AP1
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

121129

258315

Ensembl

ENSG00000179615

ENSMUSG00000059762

UniProt

Q8NGE2

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001258285

NM_146318

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001245214.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 55.57 – 55.58 Mb Chr 10: 129.08 – 129.08 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 2AP1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2AP1 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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