OR4D2

Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily D, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR4D2 ; BC2009; OR17-24
External IDs MGI: 3030297 HomoloGene: 64870 GeneCards: OR4D2 Gene
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Species Human Mouse
Entrez 124538 258406
Ensembl ENSG00000255713 ENSMUSG00000093839
UniProt P58180 Q5SW49
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004707 NM_146411
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004707 NP_666523
Location (UCSC) Chr 17:
58.17 – 58.17 Mb
Chr 11:
87.89 – 87.89 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 4D2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4D2 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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