OR4K15

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Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily K, member 15
Identifiers
Symbol(s) OR4K15; OR14-20; OR4K15Q
External IDs MGI3030561 HomoloGene84571
Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 81127 258316
Ensembl ENSG00000169488 ENSMUSG00000059488
Uniprot Q8NH41 n/a
Refseq NM_001005486 (mRNA)
NP_001005486 (protein)
NM_146319 (mRNA)
NP_666431 (protein)
Location Chr 14: 19.51 - 19.51 Mb Chr 14: 49.05 - 49.05 Mb
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Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily K, member 15, also known as OR4K15, 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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