OR56A3

OR56A3
Identifiers
Aliases OR56A3, OR56A2P, OR56A3P, OR56A6, olfactory receptor family 56 subfamily A member 3
External IDs MGI: 3030515 HomoloGene: 81538 GeneCards: OR56A3
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

390083

404318

Ensembl

ENSG00000184478

ENSMUSG00000095248

UniProt

Q8NH54

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001003443

NM_207557

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001003443.2

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 5.95 – 5.95 Mb Chr 7: 105.12 – 105.12 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 56A3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR56A3 gene.[3]

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.[3]

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