Olfactory Receptor family 2 subfamily J member 2.
Estimated Expression: 92% of the population.
Expression estimate based on data from Verbeurgt et al (2014).
Sequence:
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 MMIKKNASSE DFFILLGFSN WPQLEVVLFV VILIFYLMTL TGNLFIIILS YVDSHLHTPM YFFLSNLSFL DLCHTTSSIP QLLVNLRGPE KTISYAGCMV 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 QLYFVLALGI TECVLLVVMS YDRYVAVCRP LHYTVLMHPR FCHLLVAASW VIGFTISALH SSFTFWVPLC GHRLVDHFFC EVPALLRLSC VDTHANELTL 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 MVMSSIFVLI PLILILTTYG AIARAVLSMQ STTGLQKVFR TCGAHLMVVS LFFIPVMCMY LQPPSENSPD QGKFIALFYT VVTPSLNPLI YTLRNKHVKG 310 320 AAKRLLGWEW GK
Transmembrane Helices:
TMR7 TMR6 TMR5 TMR4 TMR3 TMR2 TMR1 G Q D P E A H T D T F S I T K R L L Q P W I F K S P P Q L E N S S H L G A Y N V L V V E Y F L A L Y M V M L T A S I Q V M C L Q P I V V F L V V T C M V P S S M T F G I F Y L S S T I L I L S P T I F F L V F I V W S L A L V T H C L M L Y F L P N L S V V L P I A A V L T I G D L F T L T Y I M L H L I L I L H C L V C E S L N S F L N G A G C T Y T T F R P H V V L L F F I I I R F V A I A G D Y S M Y M P T V Y S L K Q L G V A R V Y R D M S L R C V A UniProt | I-TASSER | AlphaFold | HORDE | GeneCards | ORDB 2 3 4
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3.) Saito H, Chi Q, Zhuang H, Matsunami H, Mainland JD. Odor coding by a Mammalian receptor repertoire. Sci Signal. 2009 Mar 3;2(60):ra9. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.2000016. PMID: 19261596; PMCID: PMC2774247.
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9.) Roger EmterAndreas Natsch Modified olfactory receptors WO2024126820A1
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| OR2J2 | H | L | V | L | G | I | C | V | G | I | S | H | F | E | V | P | L | M | S | F | V | F | V | Y | P | A | L | Y | T |
| OR2J1 | Y | L | V | L | G | T | C | V | G | T | S | H | F | E | V | P | L | M | S | F | V | F | V | Y | P | A | L | Y | T |
| OR2J3 | Y | L | V | L | G | T | C | V | G | N | S | H | F | E | V | P | L | T | S | F | V | F | A | Y | P | A | L | Y | T |
| OR10X1 | Y | M | F | L | G | G | C | I | G | I | S | E | F | H | M | L | I | I | S | G | L | F | A | Y | E | A | V | Y | T |
| OR2Y1 | F | L | Y | L | G | S | C | V | G | N | S | Q | F | E | M | P | M | A | R | V | V | Y | A | Y | I | A | L | Y | T |
| OR13G1 | C | L | F | T | L | G | M | V | A | N | S | H | F | E | I | P | V | A | D | L | A | Y | V | Y | A | A | A | Y | T |
| OR2G6 | F | L | A | M | G | S | C | I | G | T | S | Q | F | E | V | P | L | A | S | F | L | Y | I | Y | A | S | L | Y | T |
| OR2W3 | F | L | F | L | G | G | C | L | G | N | S | M | L | E | M | P | V | L | A | V | V | Y | I | Y | G | M | L | Y | N |
| OR8G2 | H | L | F | L | A | I | C | H | G | G | S | H | F | D | L | F | V | L | S | N | I | F | A | Y | S | S | V | Y | T |
| OR10T2 | Y | L | F | L | A | C | C | L | G | I | A | A | F | D | M | A | L | L | S | V | I | Y | A | Y | K | A | V | Y | T |
| OR2C3 | F | F | S | H | G | A | C | V | G | T | S | G | F | E | M | P | M | A | S | F | V | Y | I | Y | A | A | L | Y | T |
| OR10AC1 | Y | M | F | V | G | G | C | F | G | V | S | L | F | D | I | T | L | A | C | L | L | Y | A | Y | R | A | L | Y | T |
| OR2B3 | Y | L | F | L | G | A | C | L | G | N | S | Q | F | E | V | P | L | F | S | I | L | Y | A | Y | P | S | L | Y | G |
| OR10Q1 | Y | M | F | V | G | S | C | F | A | P | S | L | L | D | V | P | L | V | S | V | L | Y | C | Y | R | A | L | Y | T |
| OR7D4 | F | V | L | M | A | G | T | F | I | F | S | H | F | E | P | A | L | A | T | L | G | Y | G | Y | S | S | V | Y | A |
| OR10V1 | Y | M | F | V | G | G | C | V | G | L | S | L | Y | D | M | P | L | I | S | V | L | Y | T | Y | S | S | V | Y | T |
| OR5V1 | Y | L | F | V | V | G | C | L | G | N | S | H | F | D | I | P | L | T | G | I | G | Y | A | Y | I | S | V | Y | S |
| OR2AJ1 | H | V | S | L | L | G | C | L | G | N | S | H | F | E | V | P | V | S | A | F | L | Y | F | Y | K | A | I | Y | T |