OR52E4

Olfactory receptor, family 52, subfamily E, member 4
Identifiers
Symbols OR52E4 ; OR11-55
External IDs MGI: 3030511 HomoloGene: 81596 GeneCards: OR52E4 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 390081 258355
Ensembl ENSG00000180974 ENSMUSG00000073914
UniProt Q8NGH9 Q8VF06
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005165 NM_146358
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005165 NP_666470
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
5.88 – 5.89 Mb
Chr 7:
105.06 – 105.06 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 52E4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR52E4 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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