OR4A47 explained

Olfactory receptor 4A47 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4A47 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.^[1]

See also

• Olfactory receptor

Further reading

• Fuchs T, Malecova B, Linhart C, etal . DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes. . Genomics . 80 . 3 . 295–302 . 2003 . 12213199 . 10.1006/geno.2002.6830 . 10.1.1.135.3652 .
• Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB . The human olfactory receptor gene family . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 101 . 8 . 2584–9 . 2004 . 14983052 . 10.1073/pnas.0307882100 . 356993 . 2004PNAS..101.2584M . free .
• Taylor TD, Noguchi H, Totoki Y, etal . Human chromosome 11 DNA sequence and analysis including novel gene identification . Nature . 440 . 7083 . 497–500 . 2006 . 16554811 . 10.1038/nature04632 . 2006Natur.440..497T . free .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: OR4A47 olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily A, member 47.