OR4F6

Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily F, member 6
Identifiers
Symbols OR4F6 ; OR15-15; OR4F12
External IDs MGI: 3031144 HomoloGene: 74053 GeneCards: OR4F6 Gene
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Species Human Mouse
Entrez 390648 258441
Ensembl ENSG00000184140 ENSMUSG00000100748
UniProt Q8NGB9 Q8VET0
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005326 NM_146449
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005326 NP_666660
Location (UCSC) Chr 15:
101.81 – 101.81 Mb
Chr 2:
112.01 – 112.01 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 4F6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4F6 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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