OR11H4

Olfactory receptor, family 11, subfamily H, member 4
Identifiers
Symbols OR11H4 ; OR14-36
External IDs MGI: 3030583 HomoloGene: 10652 GeneCards: OR11H4 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 390442 56858
Ensembl ENSG00000176198 ENSMUSG00000059069
UniProt Q8NGC9 E9Q438
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004479 NM_020288
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004479 NP_064684
Location (UCSC) Chr 14:
20.24 – 20.24 Mb
Chr 14:
50.74 – 50.74 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 11H4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR11H4 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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