OR4C16

OR4C16
Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily C, member 16
Identifiers
Symbols OR4C16; OR11-135
External IDs MGI3031043 HomoloGene105234 GeneCards: OR4C16 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 219428 258453
Ensembl ENSG00000181935 ENSMUSG00000075113
UniProt Q8NGL9 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004701 NM_146461.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004701 NP_666672.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
55.34 – 55.34 Mb
Chr 2:
88.75 – 88.75 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Olfactory receptor 4C16 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4C16 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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