OR2M2

Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily M, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR2M2 ; OR2M2Q; OST423
External IDs MGI: 3029998 HomoloGene: 121587 GeneCards: OR2M2 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 391194 258443
Ensembl ENSG00000198601 ENSMUSG00000050742
UniProt Q96R28 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004688 NM_146451
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004688 NP_666662
Location (UCSC) Chr 1:
248.18 – 248.18 Mb
Chr 16:
19.2 – 19.2 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 2M2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2M2 gene.[1][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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References

  1. Fuchs T, Malecova B, Linhart C, Sharan R, Khen M, Herwig R, Shmulevich D, Elkon R, Steinfath M, O'Brien JK, Radelof U, Lehrach H, Lancet D, Shamir R (Sep 2002). "DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes". Genomics 80 (3): 295–302. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6830. PMID 12213199.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: OR2M2 olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily M, member 2".

Further reading

  • Gregory SG, Barlow KF, McLay KE, et al. (2006). "The DNA sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1.". Nature 441 (7091): 315–21. doi:10.1038/nature04727. PMID 16710414. 

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