olfactory receptor 4A8 (olfactory receptor OR11-110, OR4A8P, OR4A8)

Function

odorant receptor (putative)

Structure

belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family

Compartment

cell membrane

Polymorphism

• a stop codon in the gene coding for OR4A8P at position Arg-136 is responsible for functional diversity producing thus a pseudogene.
• the stop codon is more frequent in African-Americans than in non-Africans

More general terms

• glycoprotein
• olfactory receptor, family 4

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P0C604.html