OR10A4 explained
Olfactory receptor 10A4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR10A4 gene.[1]
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.
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Further reading
- Lane RP . Genomic analysis of orthologous mouse and human olfactory receptor loci . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 98 . 13 . 7390–5 . 2001 . 11416212 . 10.1073/pnas.131215398 . 34679 . vanc. Cutforth T . Young J . 3 . Athanasiou . M . Friedman . C . Rowen . L . Evans . G . Axel . R . Hood . L . 2001PNAS...98.7390L . free .
- Gaudin JC, Breuils L, Haertlé T . New GPCRs from a human lingual cDNA library . Chem. Senses . 26 . 9 . 1157–66 . 2002 . 11705801 . 10.1093/chemse/26.9.1157 . free .
- Fuchs T . DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes . Genomics . 80 . 3 . 295–302 . 2003 . 12213199 . 10.1006/geno.2002.6830 . vanc. Malecova B . Linhart C . 3 . Sharan . Roded . Khen . Miriam . Herwig . Ralf . Shmulevich . Dmitry . Elkon . Rani . Steinfath . Matthias .
- Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB . The human olfactory receptor gene family . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 101 . 8 . 2584–9 . 2004 . 14983052 . 10.1073/pnas.0307882100 . 356993 . 2004PNAS..101.2584M . free .
Notes and References
- Web site: Entrez Gene: OR10A4 olfactory receptor, family 10, subfamily A, member 4.
