OR56B4

OR56B4
Identifiers
Aliases OR56B4, OR11-67, olfactory receptor family 56 subfamily B member 4
External IDs MGI: 3030497 HomoloGene: 133594 GeneCards: OR56B4
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

196335

257914

Ensembl

ENSG00000180919

n/a

UniProt

Q8NH76

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005181

NM_001011757

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005181.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 6.11 – 6.11 Mb n/a
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Olfactory receptor 56B4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR56B4 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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