{"symbol":"OR3A3","synonyms":["OR3A6","OR17-201","OR3A7","OR3A8P","OR17-137","OR17-16"],"name":"olfactory receptor, family 3, subfamily A, member 3","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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":8392,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/8392","proteins":[{"symbol":"OR3A3_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/OR3A3_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"G protein-coupled receptors","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/G+protein-coupled+receptors"}]}