OR3A4
{{Short description|Pseudogene in the species Homo sapiens}}
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Olfactory receptor 3A4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR3A4 gene.{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: OR3A4 olfactory receptor, family 3, subfamily A, member 4| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=390756}}
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.
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- {{cite journal |vauthors=Ben-Arie N, Lancet D, Taylor C, etal |title=Olfactory receptor gene cluster on human chromosome 17: possible duplication of an ancestral receptor repertoire |journal=Hum. Mol. Genet. |volume=3 |issue= 2 |pages= 229–35 |year= 1994 |pmid= 8004088 |doi=10.1093/hmg/3.2.229 }}
- {{cite journal | vauthors=Glusman G, Clifton S, Roe B, Lancet D |title=Sequence analysis in the olfactory receptor gene cluster on human chromosome 17: recombinatorial events affecting receptor diversity |journal=Genomics |volume=37 |issue= 2 |pages= 147–60 |year= 1997 |pmid= 8921386 |doi= 10.1006/geno.1996.0536 }}
- {{cite journal |vauthors=Glusman G, Sosinsky A, Ben-Asher E, etal |title=Sequence, structure, and evolution of a complete human olfactory receptor gene cluster |journal=Genomics |volume=63 |issue= 2 |pages= 227–45 |year= 2000 |pmid= 10673334 |doi= 10.1006/geno.1999.6030 |s2cid=23416814 }}
- {{cite journal |vauthors=Fuchs T, Malecova B, Linhart C, etal |title=DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes |journal=Genomics |volume=80 |issue= 3 |pages= 295–302 |year= 2003 |pmid= 12213199 |doi=10.1006/geno.2002.6830 }}
- {{cite journal | vauthors=Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB |title=The human olfactory receptor gene family |journal=Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. |volume=101 |issue= 8 |pages= 2584–9 |year= 2004 |pmid= 14983052 |doi=10.1073/pnas.0307882100 | pmc=356993 |bibcode=2004PNAS..101.2584M |doi-access=free }}
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