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G protein-coupled receptor activityolfactory receptor activityG protein-coupled receptor signaling pathwaydetection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell
Based on limited published evidence, OR9G9 is an olfactory receptor family protein located on chromosome 11. While its primary molecular function relates to olfactory signal transduction, a whole exome sequencing study identified OR9G9 as carrying significantly increased pathogenic variation in patients with complicated pneumococcal pneumonia (empyema) compared to controls 1. The study notes that OR9G9 associations have been previously related to viral infectious diseases, suggesting a potential role in host immune susceptibility to respiratory infections, though mechanistic details remain unclear.
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Identified OR9G9 as carrying significantly increased pathogenic variation in pneumococcal empyema patients; noted prior associations with viral infectious diseases
PMID: 29751582⚠Limited data available — This gene has 1 indexed publication. Summary and analysis may be incomplete.
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
No tissue expression data available for this gene.