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These micro-relays sum up the input from same chemoreceptors, tremendously increasing the signal-to-noise ratio, and thus facilitating reliable odorant detection [26].
In addition, it was hypothesized that odorant reception may also be mediated by receptors of a completely different class, such as guanylate cyclases [ 25].
Most importantly, in conjunction with robust heterologous expression and assay systems and high-throughput screening of odorant libraries, it will ultimately lead to understanding of structure-function relationships and small-molecule recognition by this large group of G-protein-coupled receptors.
Mammalian ORs are known to undergo rapid desensitization after odorant stimulation [ 56] and GRK3 has been implicated in this process [ 57, 58].
Each receptor recognizes multiple odorants, and each odorant binds to multiple receptors to generate specific activation patterns for each of a vast number of distinct smells [ 10].
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