Olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily V member 1 pseudogene (OR4V1P)

Olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily V member 1 pseudogene (OR4V1P) is annotated as a pseudogene in the human genome. It belongs to the large family of olfactory receptor genes, which typically encode G protein-coupled receptors responsible for detecting odorant molecules in the nose and initiating neuronal responses that underlie the perception of smell. However, as a pseudogene, OR4V1P has acquired disabling mutations (such as frame-shifts or nonsense mutations) and does not produce a functional receptor protein. Accordingly, it is not considered a therapeutic target, has no known interaction with drugs, and has no established biological or disease associations in humans[2][3].\n\nNotes on classification:\n- **Is_target** is set to false and **is_incorrect** is true because it is a pseudogene and not a functional therapeutic target or receptor by standard drug discovery conventions[2][3].\n- There is no evidence of regulatory function, drug interaction, or biomarker utility for this particular pseudogene.\n- While exceptions exist in biology where some pseudogenes may have regulatory RNA roles, no such function has been described for OR4V1P based on the current literature[2][3].\n\nThis designation and description follow current genomic annotation standards and reflect that **OR4V1P is not a functional protein-coding gene nor a drug target**[2][3].

Other names

OR4V1POlfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily V, member 1 pseudogene