Olfactory receptor 4X1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4X1 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 exons. 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.[citation needed] 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
- ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000176567 – Ensembl, May 2017
- ^ “Human PubMed Reference:”. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ^ a b “Entrez Gene: OR4X1 olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily X, member 1”.
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
- OR4X1+protein,+human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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