OR7D2
Olfactory receptor 7D2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR7D2 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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Further reading
- Parmentier M, Libert F, Schurmans S, et al. (1992). "Expression of members of the putative olfactory receptor gene family in mammalian germ cells.". Nature 355 (6359): 453–5. doi:10.1038/355453a0. PMID 1370859.
- Fuchs T, Malecova B, Linhart C, et al. (2003). "DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes.". Genomics 80 (3): 295–302. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6830. PMID 12213199.
- Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs.". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039.
- Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993. PMID 14983052. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=356993.
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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.
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