OR4K1

Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily K, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols OR4K1 ; OR14-19
External IDs MGI: 3030562 HomoloGene: 74224 GeneCards: OR4K1 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 79544 258039
Ensembl ENSG00000155249 ENSMUSG00000050030
UniProt Q8NGD4 D3Z2G4
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004063 NM_001011809
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004063 NP_001011809
Location (UCSC) Chr 14:
19.94 – 19.94 Mb
Chr 14:
50.14 – 50.14 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 4K1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4K1 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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