OR2S2, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily S member 2

OR2S2, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily S member 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. The nomenclature assigned to the olfactory receptor genes and proteins for this organism is independent of other organisms. 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]

• Gene Synonyms (OR37A, OST715, olfactory receptor 2S2, olfactory receptor OR9-3,)
• NCBI Gene ID: 56656
• Species: Homo sapiens (Human)
• UNIPROT ID#>>Q9NQN1
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olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily S member 2 interacts with:

• ER membrane protein complex subunit 7

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