OR4S2

OR4S2
Identifiers
Aliases OR4S2, OR11-137, OR4S2P, OST725, olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily S member 2
External IDs MGI: 3031027 HomoloGene: 27297 GeneCards: OR4S2
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

219431

329460

Ensembl

ENSG00000174982

ENSMUSG00000060827

UniProt

Q8NH73

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001004059

NM_001011517

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001004059.2

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 55.65 – 55.65 Mb Chr 2: 88.68 – 88.68 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 4S2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4S2 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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