OR11-239 antibody, OR5B13 antibody, OST129 antibody, EG667271 antibody, MOR202-24 antibody, Olfr1458-ps1 antibody, olfactory receptor family 5 subfamily B member 3 antibody, olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily B, member 3 antibody, olfactory receptor 1458 antibody, OR5B3 antibody, Olfr1458 antibody
Background
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.