OR7D4

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Olfactory receptor, family 7, subfamily D, member 4
Identifiers
Symbol(s) OR7D4; OR19-7; OR19-B; OR7D4P; hg105
External IDs MGI1313142 HomoloGene81583
Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 125958 258822
Ensembl ENSG00000174667 ENSMUSG00000059623
Uniprot Q8NG98 n/a
Refseq NM_001005191 (mRNA)
NP_001005191 (protein)
NM_146825 (mRNA)
NP_667036 (protein)
Location Chr 19: 9.19 - 9.19 Mb Chr 9: 20.04 - 20.04 Mb
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Olfactory receptor, family 7, subfamily D, member 4, also known as OR7D4, 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. 
  • Keller A, Zhuang H, Chi Q, et al. (2007). "Genetic variation in a human odorant receptor alters odour perception.". Nature 449 (7161): 468-72. doi:10.1038/nature06162. PMID 17873857. 

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