OR2M4
Identifiers
Aliases	OR2M4, HSHTPCRX18, HTPCRX18, OR1-55, OST710, TPCR100, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily M member 4
External IDs	HomoloGene: 88846 GeneCards: OR2M4
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 1 (human)[1] Band 1q44 Start 248,231,417 bp[1] End 248,244,679 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in prefrontal cortex superior frontal gyrus 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 26245 n/a Ensembl ENSG00000171180 n/a UniProt Q96R27 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_017504 n/a RefSeq (protein) NP_059974 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 248.23 – 248.24 Mb n/a PubMed search [2] n/a
Wikidata
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Olfactory receptor 2M4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2M4 gene.^[3][4][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]