OR4E2

OR4E2
Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily E, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR4E2; OR14-42
External IDs MGI3031343 HomoloGene41378 GeneCards: OR4E2 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 26686 57271
Ensembl ENSG00000221977 ENSMUSG00000035626
UniProt Q8NGC2 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001001912 NM_020514.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_001001912 NP_065260.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 14:
22.13 – 22.13 Mb
Chr 14:
53.07 – 53.07 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Olfactory receptor 4E2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4E2 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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