OR4F16

Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily F, member 16
Identifiers
SymbolsOR4F16 ; OR1-1; OR7-21
External IDsMGI: 3031137 HomoloGene: 88429 GeneCards: OR4F16 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez81399258397
EnsemblENSG00000185097ENSMUSG00000093804
UniProtQ6IEY1A2AVW1
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001005277NM_146402
RefSeq (protein)NP_001005277NP_666514
Location (UCSC)Chr 1:
0.37 – 0.37 Mb
Chr 2:
111.81 – 111.81 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 4F3/4F16/4F29 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4F16 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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