OR4A16

OR4A16
Identifiers
Aliases	OR4A16, OR11-117, OR4A16Q, olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily A member 16
External IDs	MGI: 3031074 HomoloGene: 121591 GeneCards: OR4A16
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human) Band 11q11 Start 55,343,201 bp End 55,344,187 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 2 (mouse) Band 2|2 E1 Start 89,266,640 bp End 89,273,344 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in brain cerebral cortex dorsolateral prefrontal cortex multicellular organism n/a More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function G protein-coupled receptor activity olfactory receptor activity transmembrane signaling receptor activity signal transducer activity Cellular component integral component of membrane plasma membrane membrane Biological process sensory perception of smell detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception signal transduction response to stimulus G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 81327 258804 Ensembl ENSG00000181961 ENSMUSG00000111174 UniProt Q8NH70 Q8VG73 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005274 NM_146808 RefSeq (protein) NP_001005274 NP_667019 Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 55.34 – 55.34 Mb Chr 2: 89.27 – 89.27 Mb PubMed search
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Olfactory receptor 4A16 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4A16 gene.

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.

See also

• Olfactory receptor

Further reading

• Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. Bibcode:2004PNAS..101.2584M. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993. PMID 14983052.

External links

• OR4A16+protein,+human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.