OR4K5

Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily K, member 5
Identifiers
Symbols OR4K5 ; OR14-16
External IDs MGI: 3030563 HomoloGene: 17167 GeneCards: OR4K5 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 79317 258275
Ensembl ENSG00000176281 ENSMUSG00000049011
UniProt Q8NGD3 Q8VET4
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005483 NM_146278
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005483 NP_666390
Location (UCSC) Chr 14:
19.92 – 19.92 Mb
Chr 14:
50.15 – 50.15 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 4K5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4K5 gene.[1][2]

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.[2]

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