OR2Z1

OR2Z1
Identifiers
Aliases	OR2Z1, OR19-4, OR2Z2, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily Z member 1
External IDs	MGI: 3030206 HomoloGene: 17287 GeneCards: OR2Z1
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 • sensory perception of smell • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway • signal transduction • response to stimulus • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	284383	404315
Ensembl	ENSG00000181733	ENSMUSG00000069998
UniProt	Q8NG97	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001004699	NM_207555
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001004699.1	n/a
Location (UCSC)	Chr 19: 8.73 – 8.73 Mb	Chr 8: 72.06 – 72.06 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]
Wikidata

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Olfactory receptor 2Z1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2Z1 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

1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
3. "Entrez Gene: OR2Z1 olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily Z, member 1".

Further reading

• Fuchs T, Malecova B, Linhart C, et al. (2003). "DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes". Genomics. 80 (3): 295–302. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6830. PMID 12213199.
• Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993. PMID 14983052.

External links

• OR2Z1 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.