OR56B4

Olfactory receptor, family 56, subfamily B, member 4
Identifiers
Symbols OR56B4 ; OR11-67
External IDs MGI: 3030523 HomoloGene: 128074 GeneCards: OR56B4 Gene
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 196335 258745
Ensembl ENSG00000180919 ENSMUSG00000073907
UniProt Q8NH76 Q8VG18
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005181 NM_146750.1
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005181 NP_666961.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
6.11 – 6.11 Mb
Chr 7:
112.46 – 112.46 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 56B4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR56B4 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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