OR4D2

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Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily D, member 2
Identifiers
Symbol(s) OR4D2; BC2009; OR17-24
External IDs MGI3030297 HomoloGene64870
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Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 124538 258408
Ensembl ENSG00000153951 ENSMUSG00000058075
Uniprot P58180 n/a
Refseq NM_001004707 (mRNA)
NP_001004707 (protein)
XM_001002742 (mRNA)
XP_001002742 (protein)
Location Chr 17: 53.6 - 53.6 Mb Chr 11: 87.71 - 87.71 Mb
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Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily D, member 2, also known as OR4D2, 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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  • Fuchs T, Malecova B, Linhart C, et al. (2003). "DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes.". Genomics 80 (3): 295-302. PMID 12213199. 
  • 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. 
  • Zody MC, Garber M, Adams DJ, et al. (2006). "DNA sequence of human chromosome 17 and analysis of rearrangement in the human lineage.". Nature 440 (7087): 1045-9. doi:10.1038/nature04689. PMID 16625196. 

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