Species Human Entrez 124538 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000255713 | |
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Aliases OR4D2, BC2009, OR17-24, olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily D member 2 External IDs MGI: 3030296 HomoloGene: 64870 GeneCards: OR4D2 | ||
Olfactory receptor 4D2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4D2 gene.
Function
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.