OR1A2

OR1A2
Identifiers
Aliases	OR1A2, OR17-6, olfactory receptor family 1 subfamily A member 2
External IDs	GeneCards: OR1A2
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • olfactory receptor activity • signal transducer activity Cellular component • integral component of membrane • plasma membrane • membrane Biological process • positive regulation of cytokinesis • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway • sensory perception of smell • signal transduction • response to stimulus • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	26189	n/a
Ensembl	ENSG00000172150	n/a
UniProt	Q9Y585	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_012352	n/a
RefSeq (protein)	NP_036484.1	n/a
Location (UCSC)	Chr 17: 3.2 – 3.2 Mb	n/a
PubMed search	[1]	n/a
Wikidata

Olfactory receptor 1A2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR1A2 gene.^[2][3]

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.^[3]

See also

• Olfactory receptor

Notes

References

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

Further reading

External links

• OR1A2 protein, human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)