OR2L2

OR2L2
Identifiers
Aliases OR2L2, HSHTPCRH07, HTPCRH07, OR1-48, OR2L12, OR2L4P, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily L member 2
External IDs MGI: 3030001 HomoloGene: 78689 GeneCards: OR2L2
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

26246

258937

Ensembl

ENSG00000203663

ENSMUSG00000045341

UniProt

Q8NH16

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001004686

NM_146935

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001004686.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 248.04 – 248.04 Mb Chr 16: 19.51 – 19.52 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Olfactory receptor 2L2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2L2 gene.[3][4]

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.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. ↑ Parmentier M, Libert F, Schurmans S, Schiffmann S, Lefort A, Eggerickx D, Ledent C, Mollereau C, Gerard C, Perret J, et al. (Mar 1992). "Expression of members of the putative olfactory receptor gene family in mammalian germ cells". Nature. 355 (6359): 453–5. doi:10.1038/355453a0. PMID 1370859.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: OR2L2 olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily L, member 2".

Further reading

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