OR2M4

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Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily M, member 4
Identifiers
Symbols	OR2M4; HSHTPCRX18; HTPCRX18; OR1-55; OST710; TPCR100
External IDs	HomoloGene: 88846 GeneCards: OR2M4 Gene
Gene Ontology Molecular function • receptor activity • olfactory receptor activity Cellular component • membrane • integral to membrane Biological process • signal transduction • G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway • sensory perception of smell • response to stimulus Sources: Amigo / EGO
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	26245	n/a
Ensembl	ENSG00000171180	n/a
UniProt	Q96R27	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_017504	n/a
RefSeq (protein)	NP_059974	n/a
Location (UCSC)	Chr 1: 246.47 - 246.47 Mb	n/a
PubMed search	[1]	n/a

Olfactory receptor 2M4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2M4 gene.

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.

See also

• Olfactory receptor

Further reading

• Fuchs T, Malecova B, Linhart C; et al. (2003). "DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes". Genomics. 80 (3): 295–302. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6830. PMID 12213199. CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993 Freely accessible. PMID 14983052. CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Gregory SG, Barlow KF, McLay KE; et al. (2006). "The DNA sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1". Nature. 441 (7091): 315–21. doi:10.1038/nature04727. PMID 16710414. CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• MeSH OR2M4+protein,+human

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