OR4K14

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Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily K, member 14
Identifiers
Symbol(s) OR4K14; OR14-18; OR14-22
External IDs MGI3031132 HomoloGene17157
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Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 122740 258888
Ensembl ENSG00000169484 ENSMUSG00000068641
Uniprot Q8NGD5 n/a
Refseq NM_001004712 (mRNA)
NP_001004712 (protein)
NM_146886 (mRNA)
NP_667097 (protein)
Location Chr 14: 19.55 - 19.55 Mb Chr 2: 111.45 - 111.45 Mb
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Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily K, member 14, also known as OR4K14, 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. 

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