OR56A3

Olfactory receptor 56A3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR56A3 gene.[4]

OR56A3
Identifiers
Aliases	OR56A3, OR56A2P, OR56A3P, OR56A6, olfactory receptor family 56 subfamily A member 3
External IDs	MGI: 3030515 HomoloGene: 81538 GeneCards: OR56A3
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11p15.4 Start 5,938,751 bp[1] End 5,951,347 bp[1]
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • olfactory receptor activity • signal transducer activity Cellular component • integral component of membrane • cell membrane • membrane Biological process • sensory perception of smell • signal transduction • response to stimulus • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	390083	404318
Ensembl	ENSG00000184478	n/a
UniProt	Q8NH54	Q3SXH8
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001003443	NM_207557
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001003443	NP_997440
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 5.94 – 5.95 Mb	n/a
PubMed search	[2]	[3]
Wikidata
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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.[4]

See also

• Olfactory receptor

References

1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000184478 - Ensembl, May 2017
2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
4. "Entrez Gene: OR56A3 olfactory receptor, family 56, subfamily A, member 3".

Further reading

• 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.

External links

• OR56A3+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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