OR8D4

Olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily D, member 4
Identifiers
SymbolsOR8D4 ; OR11-275
External IDsMGI: 3030819 HomoloGene: 17416 GeneCards: OR8D4 Gene
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SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez338662258854
EnsemblENSG00000181518ENSMUSG00000049073
UniProtQ8NGM9Q8VGB4
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001005197NM_146855
RefSeq (protein)NP_001005197NP_667066
Location (UCSC)Chr 11:
123.91 – 123.91 Mb
Chr 9:
40.13 – 40.13 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 8D4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8D4 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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