OR6B3

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Olfactory receptor, family 6, subfamily B, member 3
Identifiers
Symbol(s) OR6B3; OR6B3P; OR6B3Q
External IDs MGI3031248 HomoloGene88368
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Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 150681 259041
Ensembl ENSG00000178586 ENSMUSG00000042849
Uniprot Q8NGW1 n/a
Refseq NM_173351 (mRNA)
NP_775486 (protein)
NM_147039 (mRNA)
NP_667250 (protein)
Location Chr 2: 240.63 - 240.63 Mb Chr 1: 94.34 - 94.34 Mb
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Olfactory receptor, family 6, subfamily B, member 3, also known as OR6B3, is a human 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.[1]

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  • Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. PMID 14983052. 

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