OR4K13

OR4K13
Identifiers
Aliases OR4K13, OR14-27, olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily K member 13
External IDs HomoloGene: 121590 GeneCards: OR4K13
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

390433

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Ensembl

ENSG00000176253

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UniProt

Q8NH42

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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001004714

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001004714.1

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Location (UCSC) Chr 14: 20.03 – 20.03 Mb n/a
PubMed search [1] n/a
Wikidata
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Olfactory receptor 4K13 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4K13 gene.[2]

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.[2]

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