OR9A4

OR9A4
Olfactory receptor, family 9, subfamily A, member 4
Identifiers
Symbols OR9A4;
External IDs MGI3030294 HomoloGene64866 GeneCards: OR9A4 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 130075 258381
Ensembl ENSG00000221834 ENSMUSG00000045514
UniProt Q8NGU2 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001001656 NM_146383.1
RefSeq (protein) NP_001001656 NP_666495.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 7:
141.62 – 141.62 Mb
Chr 6:
40.52 – 40.52 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Olfactory receptor 9A4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR9A4 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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