OR2A4

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Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily A, member 4
Identifiers
SymbolsOR2A4; OR2A10; HSDJ0798C17; OR2A21
External IDsMGI104812 HomoloGene27232 GeneCards: OR2A4 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez7954118310
Ensembln/aENSMUSG00000043605
UniProtn/aQ0VAZ7
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_030908NM_146652
RefSeq (protein)NP_112170NP_666863
Location (UCSC)n/aChr 6:
43.1 - 43.1 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]

Olfactory receptor 2A4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2A4 gene.[1]

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.[1]

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: OR2A4 olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily A, member 4".