What is Olfactory receptor?
'''Olfactory receptors''' are receptors found in the [[Cell membrane|cell membranes]] of [[Olfactory receptor neuron|olfactory receptor neurons]]. They are responsible for detecting [[Odorant|odorants]]. Olfactory receptors activates [[Nerve impulse|nerve impulses]] which send [[information]] about [[odor]] to the [[brain]]. These [[Receptor (cell biology)|receptors]] are members of the [[Rhodopsin-like receptor|class A rhodopsin-like]] which is family of [[G protein-coupled receptors]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gaillard|first1=I.|last2=Rouquier|first2=S.|last3=Giorgi|first3=D.|date=2004-02-01|title=Olfactory receptors|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00018-003-3273-7|journal=Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (CMLS)|volume=61|issue=4|pages=456–469|doi=10.1007/s00018-003-3273-7|pmid=14999405|s2cid=18608331|issn=1420-682X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hussain|first1=A.|last2=Saraiva|first2=L. R.|last3=Korsching|first3=S. I.|date=2009-03-17|title=Positive Darwinian selection and the birth of an olfactory receptor clade in teleosts|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|language=en|volume=106|issue=11|pages=4313–4318|doi=10.1073/pnas.0803229106|issn=0027-8424|pmc=2657432|pmid=19237578|bibcode=2009PNAS..106.4313H|doi-access=free}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Sensory system]] [[Category:Cell biology]]