OR56B4

OR56B4
Identifiers
Aliases	OR56B4, OR11-67, olfactory receptor family 56 subfamily B member 4
External IDs	MGI: 3030497; HomoloGene: 133594; GeneCards: OR56B4; OMA:OR56B4 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human) Band 11p15.4 Start 6,107,684 bp End 6,108,835 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 7 (mouse) Band 7|7 E3 Start 104,352,776 bp End 104,353,734 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in gonad smooth muscle tissue mucosa of transverse colon monocyte rectum appendix islet of Langerhans duodenum right coronary artery salivary gland n/a More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function G protein-coupled receptor activity olfactory receptor activity signal transducer activity Cellular component integral component of membrane plasma membrane membrane Biological process sensory perception of smell signal transduction response to stimulus detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 196335 257914 Ensembl ENSG00000180919 ENSMUSG00000109806 UniProt Q8NH76 Q7TRP6 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005181 NM_001011757 RefSeq (protein) NP_001005181 NP_001011757 Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 6.11 – 6.11 Mb Chr 7: 104.35 – 104.35 Mb PubMed search
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Olfactory receptor 56B4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR56B4 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.

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

• OR56B4+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.