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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Subcellular Location:
Cell Membrane
SWISS:
Q8NGP8
Gene ID:
390167
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 390167 Human
Entrez Gene: 390168 Human
SwissProt: Q6IEU7 Human
SwissProt: Q8NGP8 Human
Unigene: 553751 Human
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