OR4C16

OR4C16
Identifiers
Aliases OR4C16, OR11-135, olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily C member 16 (gene/pseudogene)
External IDs MGI: 3031043 HomoloGene: 128155 GeneCards: OR4C16
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

219428

258453

Ensembl

ENSG00000181935

ENSMUSG00000075113

UniProt

Q8NGL9

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001004701

NM_146461

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001004701.2

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 55.57 – 55.57 Mb Chr 2: 88.91 – 88.91 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 4C16 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4C16 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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