Olfactory receptor 1A1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR1A1gene.[5][6]
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.[6]
OR1A1 is relatively broadly tuned, meaning it responds to a relatively wide variety of different odor molecules.[7][8]
Examples of known ligands, most of which have citrus or fruity smells:[9][10]
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^ abcSchmiedeberg K, Shirokova E, Weber HP, Schilling B, Meyerhof W, Krautwurst D (September 2007). "Structural determinants of odorant recognition by the human olfactory receptors OR1A1 and OR1A2". Journal of Structural Biology. 159 (3): 400–12. doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2007.04.013. PMID17601748.
