OR4S1

Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily S, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols OR4S1 ; OR11-100
External IDs HomoloGene: 90882 GeneCards: OR4S1 Gene
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 256148 n/a
Ensembl ENSG00000176555 n/a
UniProt Q8NGB4 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004725 n/a
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004725 n/a
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
48.31 – 48.31 Mb
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PubMed search n/a

Olfactory receptor 4S1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4S1 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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