OR56A3

OR56A3
Identifiers
Aliases	OR56A3, OR56A2P, OR56A3P, OR56A6, olfactory receptor family 56 subfamily A member 3
External IDs	MGI: 3030515; HomoloGene: 81538; GeneCards: OR56A3; OMA:OR56A3 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human) Band 11p15.4 Start 5,938,751 bp End 5,951,347 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 7 (mouse) Band 7|7 E3 Start 104,766,043 bp End 104,774,730 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in testicle gonad placenta left testis right testis myeloid leukocyte monocyte islet of Langerhans prefrontal cortex liver Top expressed in respiratory epithelium nasal epithelium olfactory epithelium More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function G protein-coupled receptor activity olfactory receptor activity signal transducer activity Cellular component integral component of membrane plasma 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 ENSMUSG00000095248 UniProt Q8NH54 Q3SXH8 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001003443 NM_207557 RefSeq (protein) NP_001003443 NP_997440 Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 5.94 – 5.95 Mb Chr 7: 104.77 – 104.77 Mb PubMed search
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Olfactory receptor 56A3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR56A3 gene.

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.

See also

• Olfactory receptor

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. Bibcode:2004PNAS..101.2584M. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993. PMID 14983052.

External links

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

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.