OR4N2

OR4N2
Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily N, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR4N2; OR14-13; OR14-8
External IDs MGI3030567 HomoloGene17334 GeneCards: OR4N2 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 390429 258657
Ensembl ENSG00000176294 ENSMUSG00000090874
UniProt Q8NGD1 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004723 NM_146663.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004723 NP_666874.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 14:
20.3 – 20.3 Mb
Chr 14:
50.92 – 50.92 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Olfactory receptor 4N2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4N2 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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