Protein
Cyclic nucleotide-gated olfactory channel
Organism
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Function
Odorant signal transduction is probably mediated by a G-protein coupled cascade using cAMP as second messenger. The olfactory channel can be shown to be activated by cyclic nucleotides which leads to a depolarization of olfactory sensory neurons.
Similarity
Belongs to the cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channel (TC 1.A.1.5) family. CNGA2 subfamily.
Sequence
MTEKSNGVKSSPANNHNNHVPATIKANGKDESRTRSRPQSAADDDTSSELQRLAEMDAPQQRRGGFRRIVRLVGVIRQWANRNFREEEARPDSFLERFRGPELQTVTTQQGDGKGDKDGDGKGTKKKFELFVLDPAGDWYYRWLFVIAMPVLYNWCLLVARACFSDLQRGYFLVWLVLDYFSDVVYIADLFIRLRTGFLEQGLLVKDPKKLRDNYIHTLQFKLDVASIIPTDLIYFAVGIHNPELRFNRLLHFARMFEFFDRTETRTSYPNIFRISNLVLYILVIIHWNACIYYAISKSIGFGVDTWVYPNITDPEYGYLAREYIYCLYWSTLTLTTIGETPPPVKDEEYLFVIFDFLIGVLIFATIVGNVGSMISNMNATRAEFQAKIDAVKHYMQFRKVSKEMEAKVIKWFDYLWTNKKTVDEREVLKNLPAKLRAEIAINVHLSTLKKVRIFQDCEAGLLVELVLKLRPQVFSPGDYICRKGDIGKEMYIIKEGKLAVVADDGVTQYALLSAGSCFGEISILNIKGSKMGNRRTANIRSLGYSDLFCLSKDDLMEAVTEYPDAKKVLEERGREILMKEGLLDENEVAASMEVDVQEKLKQLETNMETLYTRFGRLLAEYTGAQQKLKQRITVLEVKMKQNTEDDYLSDGMNSPEPAAAEQP