Biology:OR3A3
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Olfactory receptor 3A3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR3A3 gene.[1][2][3]
Function
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.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Olfactory receptor gene cluster on human chromosome 17: possible duplication of an ancestral receptor repertoire". Hum Mol Genet 3 (2): 229–35. Jul 1994. doi:10.1093/hmg/3.2.229. PMID 8004088.
- ↑ "Distribution of olfactory receptor genes in the human genome". Nat Genet 18 (3): 243–50. Mar 1998. doi:10.1038/ng0398-243. PMID 9500546.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: OR3A3 olfactory receptor, family 3, subfamily A, member 3". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=8392.
Further reading
- "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.
- "Population differences in the human functional olfactory repertoire". Mol. Biol. Evol. 20 (3): 307–14. 2003. doi:10.1093/molbev/msg013. PMID 12644552.
- "DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes". Genomics 80 (3): 295–302. 2003. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6830. PMID 12213199.
- "Sequence, structure, and evolution of a complete human olfactory receptor gene cluster". Genomics 63 (2): 227–45. 2000. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.6030. PMID 10673334.
External links
- OR3A3+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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