OR56A4
Description
The OR56A4 (olfactory receptor family 56 subfamily A member 4) is a protein-coding gene located on chromosome 11.
Olfactory receptor 56A4 is a protein encoded by the OR56A4 gene in humans. It's involved in smelling by interacting with odorant molecules in the nose, initiating a neuronal response that leads to smell perception. Olfactory receptors are a large family of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) arising from single coding-exon genes. They share a 7-transmembrane domain structure with many neurotransmitter and hormone receptors, responsible for recognizing odorant signals and transducing them via G proteins. The olfactory receptor gene family is the largest in the genome, with its own unique nomenclature.
Decanal and Undecanal are known ligands for OR56A4.
Odorant receptor.
OR56A4 is also known as OR11-49.
