OR4F15

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Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily F, member 15
Identifiers
Symbol(s) OR4F15;
External IDs MGI3031143 HomoloGene74054
RNA expression pattern

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Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 390649 258439
Ensembl ENSG00000182854 ENSMUSG00000074951
Uniprot Q8NGB8 n/a
Refseq NM_001001674 (mRNA)
NP_001001674 (protein)
NM_146447 (mRNA)
NP_666658 (protein)
Location Chr 15: 100.18 - 100.18 Mb Chr 2: 111.78 - 111.78 Mb
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Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily F, member 15, also known as OR4F15, 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. 
  • Gilad Y, Bustamante CD, Lancet D, Pääbo S (2003). "Natural selection on the olfactory receptor gene family in humans and chimpanzees.". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 73 (3): 489-501. doi:10.1086/378132. PMID 12908129. 
  • 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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