OR6B2

OR6B2
Identifiers
Aliases OR6B2, OR2-1, OR6B2P, olfactory receptor family 6 subfamily B member 2
External IDs MGI: 3031250 HomoloGene: 17472 GeneCards: OR6B2
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

389090

259040

Ensembl

ENSG00000182083

ENSMUSG00000067064

UniProt

Q6IFH4

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005853

NM_147038

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005853.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 2: 240.03 – 240.03 Mb Chr 1: 92.48 – 92.49 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 6B2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR6B2 gene.[3]

Function

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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Further reading

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