OR9K2

OR9K2
Identifiers
Aliases	OR9K2, OR12-2, olfactory receptor family 9 subfamily K member 2
External IDs	MGI: 3030659; HomoloGene: 121503; GeneCards: OR9K2; OMA:OR9K2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 12 (human) Band 12q13.2 Start 55,126,406 bp End 55,132,750 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 10 (mouse) Band 10|10 D3 Start 129,995,601 bp End 130,002,635 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in testicle gonad ganglionic eminence muscle of thigh cell myeloid leukocyte monocyte n/a More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function G protein-coupled receptor activity odorant binding olfactory receptor activity signal transducer activity Cellular component integral component of membrane plasma membrane membrane Biological process sensory perception of smell signal transduction response to stimulus detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 441639 258672 Ensembl ENSG00000170605 ENSMUSG00000058084 UniProt Q8NGE7 Q8VFU7 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005243 NM_146677 RefSeq (protein) NP_001005243 NP_666888 Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 55.13 – 55.13 Mb Chr 10: 130 – 130 Mb PubMed search
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Olfactory receptor 9K2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR9K2 gene.

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.

See also

• Olfactory receptor

Further reading

• Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. Bibcode:2004PNAS..101.2584M. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993. PMID 14983052.

External links

• OR9K2+protein,+human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.