OR2Z1
Identifiers
Aliases	OR2Z1, OR19-4, OR2Z2, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily Z member 1
External IDs	MGI: 3030206 HomoloGene: 17287 GeneCards: OR2Z1
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 19 (human)[1] Band 19p13.2 Start 8,721,634 bp[1] End 8,732,160 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 8 (mouse)[2] Band 8|8 B3.3 Start 72,795,062 bp[2] End 72,814,474 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function Cellular component Biological process Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 284383 404315 Ensembl ENSG00000181733 ENSMUSG00000069998 UniProt Q8NG97 Q7TRY2 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004699 NM_207555 RefSeq (protein) NP_001004699 NP_997438 Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 8.72 – 8.73 Mb Chr 8: 72.8 – 72.81 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Olfactory receptor 2Z1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2Z1 gene.^[5]

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.^[5]

See also[edit]

• Olfactory receptor

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External links[edit]

• OR2Z1+protein,+human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.