OR4C6

OR4C6
Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily C, member 6
Identifiers
Symbols OR4C6; OR11-138
External IDs HomoloGene81570 GeneCards: OR4C6 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 219432 n/a
Ensembl ENSG00000181903 n/a
UniProt Q8NH72 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004704 n/a
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004704 n/a
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
55.43 – 55.43 Mb
n/a
PubMed search [1] n/a

Olfactory receptor 4C6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4C6 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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