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. 2010 Aug 5;2010:baq019. doi: 10.1093/database/baq019

Table 1.

Number of families and subfamilies in each GPCR class

GPCRs’ Class No. of GPCR Families No. of GPCR Subfamilies
Class A 55 640 (422 subfamilies of olfactory receptor)
Class B 6 16
Class C 4 41 (29 subfamilies of taste receptors)
Frizzled/Smoothened 2 11
Total 67 708

Class A is the largest and consists of 55 families and 640 subfamilies (422 subfamilies of olfactory receptors). Class B consists of 6 families and 16 subfamilies. Class C consists of 4 families and 41 subfamilies (29 subfamilies of taste receptors). Frizzled/Smoothened class consists of 2 families and 11 subfamilies.