OR4N4
Identifiers
Aliases	OR4N4, OR15-1, OR15-5, olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily N member 4
External IDs	MGI: 3030566 HomoloGene: 72012 GeneCards: OR4N4
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 15 (human)[1] Band 15q11.2 Start 22,094,522 bp[1] End 22,095,472 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 14 (mouse)[2] Band 14|14 C1 Start 50,515,930 bp[2] End 50,521,663 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in heart tibial nerve Top expressed in testicle More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function G protein-coupled receptor activity olfactory receptor activity transmembrane signaling receptor activity signal transducer activity Cellular component membrane plasma membrane integral component of membrane Biological process sensory perception of smell detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception signal transduction response to stimulus G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 283694 258659 Ensembl ENSG00000183706 ENSMUSG00000091873 UniProt Q8N0Y3 Q8VFT5 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005241 NM_146665 RefSeq (protein) NP_001005241 NP_666876 Location (UCSC) Chr 15: 22.09 – 22.1 Mb Chr 14: 50.52 – 50.52 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Olfactory receptor 4N4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4N4 gene.^[5]

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.^[5]

See also

• Olfactory receptor

References

Further reading

External links

• OR4N4+protein,+human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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