OR4A16

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Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily A, member 16
Identifiers
Symbols	OR4A16; OR11-117; OR4A16Q
External IDs	MGI: 3031074 HomoloGene: 45045 GeneCards: OR4A16 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
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	81327	258804
Ensembl	ENSG00000181961	ENSMUSG00000075087
UniProt	Q8NH70	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001005274	NM_146808
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001005274	NP_667019
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 54.87 - 54.87 Mb	Chr 2: 89.24 - 89.24 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

Olfactory receptor 4A16 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4A16 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

• 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)

External links

• MeSH OR4A16+protein,+human

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