OR4K5

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Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily K, member 5
Identifiers
Symbol(s) OR4K5; OR14-16
External IDs MGI3030563 HomoloGene17167
Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 79317 258275
Ensembl ENSG00000176281 ENSMUSG00000049011
Uniprot Q8NGD3 n/a
Refseq NM_001005483 (mRNA)
NP_001005483 (protein)
NM_146278 (mRNA)
NP_666390 (protein)
Location Chr 14: 19.46 - 19.46 Mb Chr 14: 49.07 - 49.07 Mb
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Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily K, member 5, also known as OR4K5, 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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