OR6C4
Identifiers
Aliases	OR6C4, OR12-10, olfactory receptor family 6 subfamily C member 4
External IDs	HomoloGene: 79371 GeneCards: OR6C4
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 12 (human)[1] Band 12q13.2 Start 55,549,602 bp[1] End 55,555,832 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in gallbladder lobe of thyroid gland left lobe of thyroid gland respiratory system intestine circulatory system colon human thorax transverse colon esophagus 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 detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell signal transduction response to stimulus G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 341418 n/a Ensembl ENSG00000179626 n/a UniProt Q8NGE1 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005494 NM_001385975 n/a RefSeq (protein) NP_001005494 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 55.55 – 55.56 Mb n/a PubMed search [2] n/a
Wikidata
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Olfactory receptor 6C4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR6C4 gene.^[3]

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.^[3]