OR4A16

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Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily A, member 16
Identifiers
Symbol(s) OR4A16; OR11-117; OR4A16Q
External IDs MGI3031074 HomoloGene45045
Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 81327 258804
Ensembl ENSG00000181961 ENSMUSG00000075087
Uniprot Q8NH70 n/a
Refseq NM_001005274 (mRNA)
NP_001005274 (protein)
NM_146808 (mRNA)
NP_667019 (protein)
Location Chr 11: 54.87 - 54.87 Mb Chr 2: 89.24 - 89.24 Mb
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Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily A, member 16, also known as OR4A16, is a human 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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  • Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. PMID 14983052. 

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