The structure and function of olfactory receptors

C Wu, M Xu, J Dong, W Cui, S Yuan - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
Olfactory receptors (ORs) form the most important chemosensory receptor family responsible
for our sense of smell in the nasal olfactory epithelium. This receptor family belongs to the …

The dark sides of the GPCR tree‐research progress on understudied GPCRs

MM Scharf, LJ Humphrys, S Berndt… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A large portion of the human GPCRome is still in the dark and understudied, consisting even
of entire subfamilies of GPCRs such as odorant receptors, class A and C orphans, adhesion …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the molecular mechanisms of odorant binding and activation of the human OR52 family

C Choi, J Bae, S Kim, S Lee, H Kang, J Kim… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Structural and mechanistic studies on human odorant receptors (ORs), key in olfactory
signaling, are challenging because of their low surface expression in heterologous cells …

Modeling the orthosteric binding site of the G protein-coupled odorant receptor OR5K1

A Nicoli, F Haag, P Marcinek, R He… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
With approximately 400 encoding genes in humans, odorant receptors (ORs) are the largest
subfamily of class AG protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Despite its high relevance and …

Calcium-Driven In Silico Inactivation of a Human Olfactory Receptor

L Pirona, F Ballabio, M Alfonso-Prieto… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Conformational changes as well as molecular determinants related to the activation and
inactivation of olfactory receptors are still poorly understood due to the intrinsic difficulties in …

Evolutionary Dynamics of Lineage-Specific Class-A GPCR Subsets Reveal Widespread Chemosensory Roles and Adaptations in Lophotrochozoa

R Nath, B Panda, R Siuli, A Krishnan - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Detecting external chemosensory cues via Class-A G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is
essential for behavioral and biological functions, influencing animal evolution and …

The Role of cAMP in Topographic Organization of the Olfactory System

EV Bigdai, AA Razinova - Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and …, 2023 - Springer
The review article analyzes the literature data on the role of molecular olfactory receptors
(ORs) and cAMP in the topographic organization of the olfactory system. Sensory …

Molecular modeling of chemosensory receptors

J Pacalon - 2022 - theses.hal.science
The perpetual struggle of living organisms to maintain their homeostasis despite an ever-
changing environment has pushed evolution towards ever greater complexity. Even early in …

THE ROLE OF CAMP IN THE TOPOGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION OF THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM

EV Bigday, AA Razinova - Žurnal èvolûcionnoj biohimii i …, 2023 - journals.rcsi.science
The article analyzes the literature data on the role of molecular olfactory receptors (OR) and
cAMP in the formation of the topographic organization of the olfactory sensory system …

[HTML][HTML] РОЛЬ цАМФ В ТОПОГРАФИЧЕСКОЙ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ ОБОНЯТЕЛЬНОЙ СИСТЕМЫ

ЕВ Бигдай, АА Разинова - Журнал эволюционной биохимии и …, 2023 - rusjphysiol.org
Аннотация В статье анализируются данные литературы, посвященные роли
молекулярных обонятельных рецепторов и цАМФ в формировании топографической …