OR12D2

Also known as DJ994E9.8, HS6M1-20, olfactory receptor family 12 subfamily D member 2 (gene/pseudogene), olfactory receptor family 12 subfamily D member 2

Olfactory receptor, family 12, subfamily D, member 2, also known as OR12D2, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the OR12D2 gene.

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It is catalogued under topics including Genes on human chromosome 6 and Olfactory receptors.

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Gene data

OR12D2

Name: olfactory receptor family 12 subfamily D member 2
Type: protein-coding
Chromosome: HSCHR6_MHC_SSTO_CTG1
Position: 705,560–706,628 (+)
Aliases: DJ994E9.8, HS6M1-20
Ensembl: ENSG00000280236
RefSeq RNA: NM_013936.4
RefSeq protein: NP_039224.2

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. This olfactory receptor gene is a segregating pseudogene, where some individuals have an allele that encodes a functional olfactory receptor, while other individuals have an allele encoding a protein that is predicted to be non-functional. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2015].