OR4K17

Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily K, member 17
Identifiers
Symbols OR4K17 ; OR14-29
External IDs MGI: 3031111 HomoloGene: 105276 GeneCards: OR4K17 Gene
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Species Human Mouse
Entrez 390436 258391
Ensembl ENSG00000176230 ENSMUSG00000074965
UniProt Q8NGC6 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004715 NM_146396
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004715 NP_666508
Location (UCSC) Chr 14:
20.12 – 20.12 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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