OR2AE1

OR2AE1
Identifiers
Aliases	OR2AE1, OR2AE2, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily AE member 1
External IDs	HomoloGene: 128272; GeneCards: OR2AE1; OMA:OR2AE1 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 7 (human)
End	99,877,033 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	right coronary artery; ; skeletal muscle tissue; ; duodenum; ; gastric mucosa; ; muscle of leg; ; triceps surae; ; gastrocnemius muscle; ; islet of Langerhans; ; prefrontal cortex; ; anterior pituitary;
	n/a
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	G protein-coupled receptor activity; olfactory receptor activity; signal transducer activity;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; plasma membrane; membrane;
Biological process	sensory perception of smell; signal transduction; response to stimulus; detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell; G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	81392
	n/a
	ENSG00000244623
	n/a
	Q8NHA4
	n/a
	NM_001005276
	n/a
	NP_001005276
	n/a
	Wikidata
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Olfactory receptor 2AE1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2AE1 gene.^[3]

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]