{"symbol":"OR13C7","synonyms":["OST706","OR13C7P","OR37C"],"name":"olfactory receptor, family 13, subfamily C, member 7 (gene/pseudogene)","description":"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. This olfactory receptor gene is a segregating pseudogene, where some individuals have an allele that encodes a functional olfactory receptor, while other individuals have an allele encoding a protein that is predicted to be non-functional. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2017]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":81377,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/81377","proteins":[],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"G protein-coupled receptors","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/G+protein-coupled+receptors"}]}