OR52K2

OR52K2
Identifiers
Aliases OR52K2, OR11-7, olfactory receptor family 52 subfamily K member 2
External IDs MGI: 3030386 HomoloGene: 73941 GeneCards: OR52K2
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

119774

259106

Ensembl

ENSG00000181963

ENSMUSG00000073973

UniProt

Q8NGK3

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005172

NM_147102

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005172.2

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 4.45 – 4.45 Mb Chr 7: 102.6 – 102.61 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 52K2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR52K2 gene.[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]

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