OR4K2

Olfactory receptor 4K2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4K2 gene.[4]

OR4K2
Identifiers
AliasesOR4K2, OR14-15, olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily K member 2
External IDsMGI: 3030564 HomoloGene: 17269 GeneCards: OR4K2
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 14 (human)[1]
Band14q11.2Start19,875,142 bp[1]
End19,883,932 bp[1]
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

390431

258486

Ensembl

ENSG00000165762

n/a

UniProt

Q8NGD2

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005501

NM_146493

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005501

n/a

Location (UCSC)Chr 14: 19.88 – 19.88 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2][3]
Wikidata
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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.[4]

See also

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000165762 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Entrez Gene: OR4K2 olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily K, member 2".

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