OR4N4

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Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily N, member 4
Identifiers
SymbolsOR4N4; OR15-1; OR15-5
External IDsMGI3030566 HomoloGene72012 GeneCards: OR4N4 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez283694258659
EnsemblENSG00000183706ENSMUSG00000057782
UniProtQ8N0Y3n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001005241NM_146665
RefSeq (protein)NP_001005241NP_666876
Location (UCSC)Chr 15:
19.88 - 19.88 Mb
Chr 14:
49.2 - 49.2 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]

Olfactory receptor 4N4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4N4 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: OR4N4 olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily N, member 4".