OR13C5 explained
Olfactory receptor 13C5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR13C5 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.[2]
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Further reading
- Hoppe R, Breer H, Strotmann J . Organization and evolutionary relatedness of OR37 olfactory receptor genes in mouse and human. . Genomics . 82 . 3 . 355–64 . 2004 . 12906860 . 10.1016/S0888-7543(03)00116-2 .
- 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 .
- Humphray SJ, Oliver K, Hunt AR, etal . DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 9. . Nature . 429 . 6990 . 369–74 . 2004 . 15164053 . 10.1038/nature02465 . 2734081 . 2004Natur.429..369H .
Notes and References
- Web site: Entrez Gene: OR13C5 olfactory receptor, family 13, subfamily C, member 5.
- Web site: Entrez Gene: OR13C5 olfactory receptor, family 13, subfamily C, member 5.