OR4S2

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Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily S, member 2
Identifiers
SymbolsOR4S2; OR11-137; OR4S2P; OST725
External IDsMGI3031027 HomoloGene27297 GeneCards: OR4S2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez219431329460
EnsemblENSG00000174982ENSMUSG00000060827
UniProtQ8NH73n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001004059NM_001011517
RefSeq (protein)NP_001004059NP_001011517
Location (UCSC)Chr 11:
55.17 - 55.18 Mb
Chr 2:
88.48 - 88.48 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]

Olfactory receptor 4S2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4S2 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: OR4S2 olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily S, member 2".