OR4A16

Olfactory receptor 4A16 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4A16 gene.[4]

OR4A16
Identifiers
Aliases	OR4A16, OR11-117, OR4A16Q, olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily A member 16
External IDs	MGI: 3031074 HomoloGene: 121591 GeneCards: OR4A16
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11q11 Start 55,343,151 bp[1] End 55,344,231 bp[1]
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • olfactory receptor activity • transmembrane signaling receptor activity • signal transducer activity Cellular component • integral component of membrane • cell membrane • membrane Biological process • sensory perception of smell • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception • signal transduction • response to stimulus • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	81327	258804
Ensembl	ENSG00000181961	n/a
UniProt	Q8NH70	Q8VG73
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001005274	NM_146808
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001005274	NP_667019
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 55.34 – 55.34 Mb	n/a
PubMed search	[2]	[3]
Wikidata
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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.[4]

See also

• Olfactory receptor

References

1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000181961 - Ensembl, May 2017
2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
4. "Entrez Gene: OR4A16 olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily A, member 16".

Further reading

• Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993. PMID 14983052.

External links

• OR4A16+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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