Species Human Entrez 121364 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000179919 | |
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Aliases OR10A7, OR12-6, olfactory receptor family 10 subfamily A member 7 External IDs HomoloGene: 78831 GeneCards: OR10A7 | ||
Olfactory receptor 10A7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR10A7 gene.
Function
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.