OR9A2

Olfactory receptor, family 9, subfamily A, member 2
Identifiers
Symbol OR9A2
External IDs MGI: 3030295 HomoloGene: 83448 GeneCards: OR9A2 Gene
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 135924 258569
Ensembl ENSG00000179468 ENSMUSG00000045479
UniProt Q8NGT5 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001001658 NM_146576
RefSeq (protein) NP_001001658 NP_666787
Location (UCSC) Chr 7:
143.03 – 143.03 Mb
Chr 6:
41.77 – 41.77 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 9A2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR9A2 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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