OR2G3

Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily G, member 3
Identifiers
Symbols OR2G3 ; OR1-33
External IDs MGI: 2177500 HomoloGene: 105247 GeneCards: OR2G3 Gene
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Species Human Mouse
Entrez 81469 258263
Ensembl ENSG00000177476 ENSMUSG00000062337
UniProt Q8NGZ4 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001001914 NM_207155
RefSeq (protein) NP_001001914 NP_997038
Location (UCSC) Chr 1:
247.61 – 247.61 Mb
Chr 17:
37.27 – 37.27 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 2G3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2G3 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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