OR2Y1

OR2Y1
Identifiers
Aliases OR2Y1, OR5-2, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily Y member 1
External IDs MGI: 3031220 HomoloGene: 86692 GeneCards: OR2Y1
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

134083

257888

Ensembl

ENSG00000174339

ENSMUSG00000108167

UniProt

Q8NGV0

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001001657

NM_001011741

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001001657.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 5: 180.74 – 180.74 Mb Chr 11: 49.47 – 49.47 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 2Y1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2Y1 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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