OR2AK2

OR2AK2
Identifiers
Aliases OR2AK2, OR1-47, OR2AK1P, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily AK member 2
External IDs HomoloGene: 133825 GeneCards: OR2AK2
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

391191

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Ensembl

ENSG00000187080

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UniProt

Q8NG84

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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001004491

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001004491.1

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Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 247.97 – 247.97 Mb n/a
PubMed search [1] n/a
Wikidata
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Olfactory receptor 2AK2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2AK2 gene.[2]

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.[2]

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