OR4C3

Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily C, member 3
Identifiers
Symbols OR4C3 ; OR11-98
External IDs MGI: 3031098 HomoloGene: 41379 GeneCards: OR4C3 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 256144 57272
Ensembl ENSG00000176547 ENSMUSG00000075068
UniProt Q8NH37 Q60878
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004702 NM_020515
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004702 NP_065261
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
48.32 – 48.33 Mb
Chr 2:
90.05 – 90.06 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 4C3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR4C3 gene.[1]

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.[1]

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