OR4F3
Description
The OR4F3 (olfactory receptor family 4 subfamily F member 3) is a protein-coding gene located on chromosome 5.
The OR4F3 gene encodes a protein called olfactory receptor 4F3/4F16/4F29 in humans. Olfactory receptors are responsible for detecting smells by interacting with odorant molecules in the nose. These receptors are part of a large family of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), each arising from a single coding-exon gene. Like many neurotransmitter and hormone receptors, olfactory receptors share a 7-transmembrane domain structure. They are crucial for recognizing odorants and triggering a G protein-mediated signal transduction pathway. The olfactory receptor gene family is the largest in the human genome. The naming system for these genes and proteins is independent of other organisms.
Odorant receptor.
OR4F3 is also known as -.
