OR2B6

Gene

olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily B member 6

HGNCHGNC:8241 EnsemblENSG00000124657 NCBI Gene26212

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 6p22.1

Also known as

Symbols and names change; identity (the HGNC ID) does not. Previous and alternative forms are kept distinct.

Also known asOR2B6P · OR2B1 · OR2B1P · OR2B5 · OR6-31 · dJ408B20.2 · OR5-40 · OR5-41

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Previous symbolsOR2B6P, OR2B1, OR2B1P, OR2B5

Alias symbolsOR6-31, dJ408B20.2, OR5-40, OR5-41

Previous namesolfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily B, member 6

Associated diseases

via associated_with

Diseases linked to this gene through the canonical GENE→DISEASE (associated_with) relation, drawn from Open Targets' top-ranked associations by overall score — not the full association set. Disease-level detail lives on each disease's own page.

Central Nervous System Neoplasms

Carcinoma

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

Neoplasms

Leishmaniasis

Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

Drawn from Open Targets’ top 10 associations by overall score for this gene — the subset resolved to a canonical disease. Lower-ranked associations, and diseases not yet canonicalised, are not shown.

Gene family

HGNC gene-group membership.

Olfactory receptors, family 2

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.