OR4K15

Olfactory receptor 4K15 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4K15 gene.[4]

OR4K15
Identifiers
Aliases	OR4K15, OR14-20, OR4K15Q, olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily K member 15
External IDs	MGI: 3030561 HomoloGene: 84571 GeneCards: OR4K15
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 14 (human)[1] Band 14q11.2 Start 19,975,444 bp[1] End 19,976,659 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	81127	258316
Ensembl	ENSG00000169488	n/a
UniProt	Q8NH41	A2RTN7
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001005486	NM_146319
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001005486	NP_666431
Location (UCSC)	Chr 14: 19.98 – 19.98 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: ENSG00000169488 - 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: OR4K15 olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily K, member 15".

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

• OR4K15+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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