OR4K17

Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily K, member 17
Identifiers
SymbolsOR4K17 ; OR14-29
External IDsMGI: 3031111 HomoloGene: 105276 GeneCards: OR4K17 Gene
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SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez390436258391
EnsemblENSG00000176230ENSMUSG00000074965
UniProtQ8NGC6n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001004715NM_146396
RefSeq (protein)NP_001004715NP_666508
Location (UCSC)Chr 14:
20.59 – 20.59 Mb
Chr 2:
111.07 – 111.07 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 4K17 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4K17 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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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.