OR5M3

Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily M, member 3
Identifiers
Symbols OR5M3 ; OR11-191
External IDs MGI: 3030866 HomoloGene: 17299 GeneCards: OR5M3 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 219482 258572
Ensembl ENSG00000174937 ENSMUSG00000042796
UniProt Q8NGP4 Q8VFK5
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004742 NM_146579
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004742 NP_666790
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
56.47 – 56.47 Mb
Chr 2:
86.01 – 86.01 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 5M3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5M3 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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