OR2H2

OR2H2
Identifiers
Aliases	OR2H2, FAT11, OLFR2, OLFR42B, OR2H3, dJ271M21.2, hs6M1-12, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily H member 2
External IDs	MGI: 2177473 HomoloGene: 68546 GeneCards: OR2H2
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • olfactory receptor activity • signal transducer activity Cellular component • integral component of membrane • plasma membrane • membrane Biological process • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway • defense response • sensory perception of smell • mating • signal transduction • response to stimulus • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	7932	258469
Ensembl	n/a	ENSMUSG00000056600
UniProt	O95918	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_007160	NM_146477
RefSeq (protein)	NP_009091.3	n/a
Location (UCSC)	Chr 6: 29.59 – 29.59 Mb	Chr 17: 37.09 – 37.09 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]
Wikidata

Olfactory receptor 2H2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2H2 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]

See also

• Olfactory receptor

References

Further reading

External links

• OR2H2 protein, human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.