OR4A5

Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily A, member 5
Identifiers
Symbols OR4A5 ; OR11-111
External IDs MGI: 3031081 HomoloGene: 128093 GeneCards: OR4A5 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 81318 258786
Ensembl ENSG00000221840 ENSMUSG00000075089
UniProt Q8NH83 Q8VGM3
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005272 NM_146790
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005272 NP_667001
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
54.71 – 54.71 Mb
Chr 2:
89.41 – 89.41 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 4A5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4A5 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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