OR2S2

Also known as OR37A, OST715, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily S member 2 (gene/pseudogene), olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily S member 2

Olfactory receptor 2S2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2S2 gene.

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OR2S2

Name: olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily S member 2
Type: protein-coding
Aliases: OR37A, OST715

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, Jul 2015].

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olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily S member 2

Symbol: OR2S2
Biotype: Protein coding
Organism: Homo sapiens
Location: 9:35,957,108-35,958,154
Strand: Reverse (−)
Assembly: GRCh38

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HomoloGene ID: 84331
exact match: identifiers.org/ncbigene/56656
genomic end: 35958151
genomic start: 35957105
cytogenetic location: 9p13.3

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Olfactory receptor 2S2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2S2 gene.

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.