OR2Z1

Olfactory receptor 2Z1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2Z1 gene.[4]

OR2Z1
Identifiers
Aliases	OR2Z1, OR19-4, OR2Z2, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily Z member 1
External IDs	MGI: 3030206 HomoloGene: 17287 GeneCards: OR2Z1
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 19 (human)[1] Band 19p13.2 Start 8,721,634 bp[1] End 8,732,160 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • olfactory receptor activity • signal transducer activity Cellular component • integral component of membrane • cell 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	284383	404315
Ensembl	ENSG00000181733	ENSMUSG00000069998
UniProt	Q8NG97	Q7TRY2
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001004699	NM_207555
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001004699	NP_997438
Location (UCSC)	Chr 19: 8.72 – 8.73 Mb	n/a
PubMed search	[2]	[3]
Wikidata
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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.[4]