OR2M4

Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily M, member 4
Identifiers
Symbols	OR2M4 ; HSHTPCRX18; HTPCRX18; OR1-55; OST710; TPCR100
External IDs	HomoloGene: 88846 GeneCards: OR2M4 Gene
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • olfactory receptor activity Cellular component • plasma membrane • integral component of membrane Biological process • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway • sensory perception of smell • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	26245	n/a
Ensembl	ENSG00000171180	n/a
UniProt	Q96R27	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_017504	n/a
RefSeq (protein)	NP_059974	n/a
Location (UCSC)	Chr 1: 248.24 – 248.24 Mb	n/a
PubMed search		n/a

Olfactory receptor 2M4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2M4 gene.^[1][2][3]

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.^[3]

See also

• Olfactory receptor

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References

1. Parmentier M, Libert F, Schurmans S, Schiffmann S, Lefort A, Eggerickx D, Ledent C, Mollereau C, Gerard C, Perret J; et al. (Mar 1992). "Expression of members of the putative olfactory receptor gene family in mammalian germ cells". Nature 355 (6359): 453–5. doi:10.1038/355453a0. PMID 1370859.
2. Vanderhaeghen P, Schurmans S, Vassart G, Parmentier M (Apr 1997). "Specific repertoire of olfactory receptor genes in the male germ cells of several mammalian species". Genomics 39 (3): 239–46. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.4490. PMID 9119360.
3. "Entrez Gene: OR2M4 olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily M, member 4".

Further reading

• Fuchs T, Malecova B, Linhart C, et al. (2003). "DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes.". Genomics 80 (3): 295–302. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6830. PMID 12213199.
• 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.
• Gregory SG, Barlow KF, McLay KE, et al. (2006). "The DNA sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1.". Nature 441 (7091): 315–21. doi:10.1038/nature04727. PMID 16710414.

External links

• OR2M4 protein, human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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