OR4K2

Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily K, member 2
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Symbols OR4K2 ; OR14-15
External IDs MGI: 3030564 HomoloGene: 17269 GeneCards: OR4K2 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 390431 258486
Ensembl ENSG00000165762 ENSMUSG00000050431
UniProt Q8NGD2 E9Q8M3
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005501 NM_146493
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005501 NP_666704
Location (UCSC) Chr 14:
19.88 – 19.88 Mb
Chr 14:
50.19 – 50.19 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 4K2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4K2 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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