OR4M2

OR4M2
Identifiers
Aliases	OR4M2, OR15-3, olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily M member 2
External IDs	GeneCards: OR4M2; OMA:OR4M2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 15 (human) Band 15q11.2 Start 22,070,241 bp End 22,083,221 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in testicle gonad left testis right testis human musculoskeletal system skeletal muscle muscle of leg gastrocnemius muscle n/a More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function G protein-coupled receptor activity olfactory receptor activity transmembrane signaling receptor activity signal transducer activity Cellular component integral component of membrane plasma membrane membrane Biological process sensory perception of smell detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception signal transduction response to stimulus G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 390538 n/a Ensembl ENSG00000274102 ENSG00000288194 n/a UniProt Q8NGB6 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004719 n/a RefSeq (protein) NP_001004719 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 15: 22.07 – 22.08 Mb n/a PubMed search n/a
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Olfactory receptor 4M2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4M2 gene.

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.

See also

• Olfactory receptor

Further reading

• Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. Bibcode:2004PNAS..101.2584M. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993. PMID 14983052.

External links

• OR4M2+protein,+human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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