OR4C11

Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily C, member 11
Identifiers
Symbols OR4C11 ; OR11-136; OR4C11P
External IDs MGI: 3031040 HomoloGene: 81567 GeneCards: OR4C11 Gene
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Species Human Mouse
Entrez 219429 258896
Ensembl ENSG00000172188 ENSMUSG00000062757
UniProt Q6IEV9 A2ATJ9
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004700 NM_001001810
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004700 NP_001001810
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
55.6 – 55.6 Mb
Chr 2:
88.86 – 88.87 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 4C11 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4C11 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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