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OR4M2

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OR4M2
Identifiers
AliasesOR4M2, OR15-3, olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily M member 2
External IDsGeneCards: OR4M2; OMA:OR4M2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001004719

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001004719

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Location (UCSC)Chr 15: 22.07 – 22.08 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2]n/a
Wikidata
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Olfactory receptor 4M2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4M2 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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References

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  1. ^ a b c ENSG00000288194 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000274102, ENSG00000288194Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: OR4M2 olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily M, member 2".

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.