OR13A1 explained
Olfactory receptor 13A1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR13A1 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
- Strausberg RL . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–16903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . vanc. Feingold EA . Grouse LH . 3 . Derge . JG . Klausner . RD . Collins . FS . Wagner . L . Shenmen . CM . Schuler . GD . 2002PNAS...9916899M . free .
- Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB . The human olfactory receptor gene family . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 101 . 8 . 2584–2589 . 2004 . 14983052 . 10.1073/pnas.0307882100 . 356993 . 2004PNAS..101.2584M . free .
- Deloukas P . The DNA sequence and comparative analysis of human chromosome 10 . Nature . 429 . 6990 . 375–381 . 2004 . 15164054 . 10.1038/nature02462 . vanc. Earthrowl ME . Grafham DV . 3 . Rubenfield . M. . French . L. . Steward . C. A. . Sims . S. K. . Jones . M. C. . Searle . S. . 2004Natur.429..375D . free .
Notes and References
- Web site: Entrez Gene: OR13A1 olfactory receptor, family 13, subfamily A, member 1.
