Biology:OR1N1
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Olfactory receptor 1N1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR1N1 gene.[1][2]
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.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Distribution of olfactory receptor genes in the human genome". Nat Genet 18 (3): 243–50. Mar 1998. doi:10.1038/ng0398-243. PMID 9500546.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: OR1N1 olfactory receptor, family 1, subfamily N, member 1". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=138883.
Further reading
- "DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes". Genomics 80 (3): 295–302. 2003. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6830. PMID 12213199.
- "The human olfactory receptor gene family". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. 2004. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMID 14983052. Bibcode: 2004PNAS..101.2584M.
External links
- OR1N1+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.
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