OR56A4

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Olfactory receptor, family 56, subfamily A, member 4
Identifiers
Symbol(s) OR56A4; OR11-49
External IDs MGI3030517 HomoloGene81563
Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 120793 259047
Ensembl ENSG00000183389 ENSMUSG00000044120
Uniprot Q8NGH8 n/a
Refseq NM_001005179 (mRNA)
NP_001005179 (protein)
NM_147045 (mRNA)
NP_667256 (protein)
Location Chr 11: 5.98 - 5.98 Mb Chr 7: 105.02 - 105.02 Mb
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Olfactory receptor, family 56, subfamily A, member 4, also known as OR56A4, 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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