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How do we smell? First 3D structure of human odour receptor offers clues

Finding could advance our understanding of how human olfactory proteins recognize specific scents, including the pong of ripe cheese.
  1. Miryam Naddaf
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It is thanks to proteins in the nose called odour receptors that we find the smell of roses pleasant and that of rotting food foul. But little is known about how these receptors detect molecules and translate them into scents.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00818-3

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