OR11G2

Olfactory receptor, family 11, subfamily G, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR11G2 ; OR14-34
External IDs MGI: 3030578 HomoloGene: 128063 GeneCards: OR11G2 Gene
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Species Human Mouse
Entrez 390439 257884
Ensembl ENSG00000196832 ENSMUSG00000053815
UniProt Q8NGC1 Q7TRM0
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005503 NM_001011738
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005503 NP_001011738
Location (UCSC) Chr 14:
20.2 – 20.2 Mb
Chr 14:
50.62 – 50.62 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 11G2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR11G2 gene.[1]

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.[1]

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