OR56A4

OR56A4
Identifiers
Aliases OR56A4, OR11-49, olfactory receptor family 56 subfamily A member 4
External IDs MGI: 3030518 HomoloGene: 133596 GeneCards: OR56A4
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

120793

244187

Ensembl

ENSG00000183389

ENSMUSG00000047225

UniProt

Q8NGH8

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005179

NM_207249

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005179.2

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 6 – 6 Mb Chr 7: 105.16 – 105.16 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 56A4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR56A4 gene.[3]

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.[3]

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