OR8A1

Olfactory receptor 8A1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8A1 gene.[5]

OR8A1
Identifiers
AliasesOR8A1, OR11-318, OST025, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily A member 1
External IDsMGI: 1931271 HomoloGene: 12726 GeneCards: OR8A1
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

390275

80706

Ensembl

ENSG00000196119

ENSMUSG00000061165

UniProt

Q8NGG7

Q8VGE3

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005194

NM_030553

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005194

NP_085030

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 124.57 – 124.58 MbChr 9: 37.62 – 37.63 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Olfactory receptors interact with odorant molecules in the nose, to initiate a neuronal response that triggers the perception of a smell. The olfactory receptor proteins are members of a large family of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) arising from single coding-exon genes. Olfactory receptors share a 7-transmembrane domain structure with many neurotransmitter and hormone receptors and are responsible for the recognition and G protein-mediated transduction of odorant signals. The olfactory receptor gene family is the largest in the genome. The nomenclature assigned to the olfactory receptor genes and proteins for this organism is independent of other organisms.[5]

See also

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000196119 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000061165 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: OR8A1 olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily A, member 1".

Further reading

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