OR4S2
Identifiers
Aliases	OR4S2, OR11-137, OR4S2P, OST725, olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily S member 2
External IDs	MGI: 3031027 HomoloGene: 27297 GeneCards: OR4S2
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11q11 Start 55,648,327 bp[1] End 55,652,854 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 2 (mouse)[2] Band 2|2 D Start 88,505,972 bp[2] End 88,511,487 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function Cellular component Biological process Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 219431 329460 Ensembl ENSG00000174982 ENSMUSG00000060827 UniProt Q8NH73 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004059 NM_001011517 RefSeq (protein) NP_001004059 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 55.65 – 55.65 Mb Chr 2: 88.51 – 88.51 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Olfactory receptor 4S2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4S2 gene.^[5]

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.^[5]

See also[edit]

• Olfactory receptor

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External links[edit]

• OR4S2+protein,+human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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