OR2A14

Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily A, member 14
Identifiers
Symbols OR2A14 ; OR2A14P; OR2A6; OST182
External IDs MGI: 3030272 HomoloGene: 88438 GeneCards: OR2A14 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 135941 258648
Ensembl ENSG00000221938 ENSMUSG00000094200
UniProt Q96R47 Q8VF18
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001001659 NM_146654
RefSeq (protein) NP_001001659 NP_666865
Location (UCSC) Chr 7:
144.11 – 144.13 Mb
Chr 6:
43.15 – 43.15 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 2A14 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2A14 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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