OR56A4

OR56A4
Olfactory receptor, family 56, subfamily A, member 4
Identifiers
Symbols OR56A4; OR11-49
External IDs MGI3030517 HomoloGene110479 GeneCards: OR56A4 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 120793 244187
Ensembl ENSG00000183389 ENSMUSG00000047225
UniProt Q8NGH8 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005179 NM_207249.1
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005179 NP_997132.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
6.02 – 6.02 Mb
Chr 7:
112.31 – 112.31 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Olfactory receptor 56A4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR56A4 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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