OR9K2

Olfactory receptor 9K2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR9K2 gene.[4]

OR9K2
Identifiers
Aliases	OR9K2, OR12-2, olfactory receptor family 9 subfamily K member 2
External IDs	MGI: 3030659 HomoloGene: 121503 GeneCards: OR9K2
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 12 (human)[1] Band 12q13.2 Start 55,126,406 bp[1] End 55,132,750 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern 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 • 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	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	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]