| Modification Notes |
Olfactory receptors interact with odorant molecules in the nose to initiate a neuronal response that leads to the perception of smell. While they share a seven transmembrane domain structure with many neurotransmitter and hormone receptors, olfactory receptors are responsible for the recognition and transduction of odorant signals. The olfactory receptor gene family is the largest in the genome. OR56A5 (olfactory receptor 56A5) is a 313 amino acid multi-pass membrane protein that belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family. The gene that encodes OR56A5 consists of more than 900 bases and maps to human chromosome 11p15.4. Chromosome 11 houses over 1,400 genes and comprises nearly 4% of the human genome. Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome, Jacobsen syndrome, Niemann-Pick disease, hereditary angioedema and Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome are associated with defects in genes that map to chromosome 11. |
