OR4C16

Also known as OR11-135, olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily C member 16 (gene/pseudogene), olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily C member 16

Olfactory receptor 4C16 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4C16 gene.

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OR4C16

Name: olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily C member 16
Type: protein-coding
Aliases: OR11-135

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. This olfactory receptor gene is a segregating pseudogene, where some individuals have an allele that encodes a functional olfactory receptor, while other individuals have an allele encoding a protein that is predicted to be non-functional. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2015].

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olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily C member 16

Symbol: OR4C16
Biotype: Protein coding
Organism: Homo sapiens
Location: 11:55,572,128-55,573,060
Strand: Forward (+)
Assembly: GRCh38

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HomoloGene ID: 128155
exact match: identifiers.org/ncbigene/219428
genomic start: 55339604
cytogenetic location: 11q11
genomic end: 55340536

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Olfactory receptor 4C16 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4C16 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.