OR2G6

OR2G6
Identifiers
Aliases OR2G6
External IDs MGI: 3031217 HomoloGene: 105344 GeneCards: OR2G6
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

391211

404337

Ensembl

ENSG00000188558

ENSMUSG00000107417

UniProt

Q5TZ20

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001013355

NM_207574

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001013373.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 248.52 – 248.52 Mb Chr 11: 49.52 – 49.52 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 2G6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2G6 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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References

Further reading

  • Gregory SG, Barlow KF, McLay KE, et al. (2006). "The DNA sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1.". Nature. 441 (7091): 315–21. doi:10.1038/nature04727. PMID 16710414. 

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