Olfactory Receptor 6C70 (OR6C70)

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.OR6C70 is a 312 amino acid multi-pass membrane protein that functions as an odorant receptor and, like other members of the olfactory receptor family, binds specific odor molecules and participates in propagating the olfactory response.